A Traveller's Guide to the Battlefields of Europe: From the Siege of Troy to the Second World War

by David G. Chandler

One of Britain's premier military historians has produced a guide, largely based on personal exploration, to the battlefields of Europe, from Troy to World War II. Of special interest are Chandler's observations on the battlefields of the 18th century and the Napoleonic Wars.

Genres: History, Military History, Nonfiction, War, Military Fiction

388 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

David G. Chandler was a British historian whose study focused on the Napoleonic era. As a young man he served briefly in the army, reaching the rank of captain, and in later life he taught at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. According to his obituary in the The Daily Telegraph, his "comprehensive account of Napoleon's battles" (his classic "The Campaigns of Napoleon") is "unlikely to be improved upon, despite a legion of rivals". He was also the author of a military biography of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and of "The Art of War in the Age of Marlborough".