How the French Won Waterloo Quotes

“Napoleon's aides broadcast the news to the people that the Emperor had covered the 1,000 kilometres from Dresden in only four days. In other words, he had broken the world retreating record, vive l'Empereur.”
― Stephen Clarke, How the French Won Waterloo: Or Think They Did

“Napoleon recalled his dismay at seeing 'mountains of swirling red flames, like huge ocean waves, exploding up into the sky of fire, then sinking into the sea of flames below'.”
― Stephen Clarke, How the French Won Waterloo: Or Think They Did

“Faced with this endless British troublemaking, Napoleon was, in Bonapartist French eyes, like a kung fu master, meditating peacefully on his prayer mat about progress and democracy while a gang of irritating English boys threw acorns at him, finally forcing him to get up and give them a slap.”
― Stephen Clarke, How the French Won Waterloo: Or Think They Did