Andrew Field MBE is a former British army officer whose travels around the world have given him a unique opportunity to explore battlefields from ancient history to present times. He has always harboured a special fascination for the Napoleonic Wars. In particular he has reassessed Napoleon's campaigns in 1814 and 1815, and has carried out extensive research into Wellington's battles in the Peninsula. His books include Talavera: Wellington's First Victory in Spain, Waterloo: The French Perspective, Prelude to Waterloo: Quatre Bras, Grouchy's Waterloo: The Battles of Ligny and Wavre, Waterloo: Rout and Retreat and, in two volumes, The French at Waterloo: Eyewitness Accounts.
The amount of literature on the Battle of Waterloo is enough to stack bookshelves and stores to the brim several times over. Despite the volume, Andrew Field has made a valuable contribution to the Waterloo historiography. He shows that the British victory at Waterloo was not in spite of their Allies; rather, without the various Allied contingents, Wellington would have faced certain defeat. -- Journal of Military History ...certainly a worthwhile addition to a Waterloo-scholar's library. -- The Napoleon Series