Dancing into Battle: A Social History of the Battle of Waterloo - Tapa dura

[Foulkes is] a scholarly researcher as well as a witty chronicler. (Andrew Roberts)

¿a well-researched social portrait...Foulkes entertainingly and gracefully brings to life the Regency upper-class at war." (Simon Sebag Montefiore)

an elegant and colourful companion to the more traditional perspectives on Waterloo. (Annabel Venning BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE (December 2006))

a fascinating new perspective to one of the most famous conflicts in British military history. (Saul David TELEGRAPH (16.12.06))

Foulkes is strong on the historical side of events, most interesting is what he observes about the mythologising of the ball as it blended seamlessly into the battle. (Frances Wilson SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (31.12.06))

Foulkes has written a wonderful book. Drawing on a rich stock of memoirs from those who fought and those who partied at Waterloo, he creates a picture that is gaudy, sad, elegant and impeccably English. (Kathryn Hughes MAIL ON SUNDAY (31.12.06))

[an] entertaining chronicle...Foulkes's description of combat is as deliciously British as his vignette of teacakes and cream. (Chloe Todd Fordham THE OBSERVER (7.1.07))

[an] enthralling social history of the Battle of Waterloo. (Katie Hickman DAILY MAIL (12.1.07))

A fresh and vivid reconsideration of one of official British history's greatest triumphs. (Michael Kerrigan THE SCOTSMAN (13.1.07))

[an] entertaining book...[it] contains sex, shopping, parties, gossip and glamour. (Paul Donnelley THELONDONPAPER (9.1.07))