{"product_id":"the-news-from-waterloo","title":"The News From Waterloo","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Duke of Wellington's victory over Napoleon in 1815  at Waterloo ensured British dominance for  the rest of the nineteenth century. It took three days and two hours for  word to travel from Belgium in a form that people could rely upon. \n\n                    This  is a tragi-comic midsummer's tale that begins amidst terrible carnage  and weaves through a world of politics and military convention,  enterprise and roguery, frustration, doubt and jealousy, to end  spectacularly in the heart of Regency society at a grand soiree in St  James's Square after feverish journeys by coach and horseback, a Channel  crossing delayed by falling tides and a flat calm, and a final dash by  coach and four from Dover to London.\n\n                     At least five men were  involved in bringing the news or parts of it to London, and their  stories are fascinating. Brian Cathcart, a brilliant storyteller  and historian, has visited the battlefield, travelled the messengers'  routes, and traced untapped British, French and Belgian records. This is  a strikingly original perspective on a key moment in British history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42972451176614,"sku":"9780571315260","price":19.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0443\/8471\/4918\/products\/9780571315260_1.jpg?v=1656041277","url":"https:\/\/bookxcess.myshopify.com\/products\/the-news-from-waterloo","provider":"Staging Site ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}