'Deft and funny' - The Spectator
The newly retired Major Jack Bennett is at his happiest when surrounded by his hand-crafted battlefield and miniature soldiers.
Living in the past as he does, he loses himself in Napoleonic war often to the point of replacing the historical protagonists with himself.
Despite the analysis permitted by hindsight, Jack should have known that the historic imperative is often no more than a flick of fortune's wheel.
Whilst he can pose the anachronistic questions - what would have happened if Blucher hadn't arrived in time, or if Grouchy hadn't taken the wrong road, or if it hadn't rained? - Jack knows that living in the present is a simple question of luck.
What would have happened, for instance, if Jack had never married the self-centred Peggy, if his stepson, Nigel, had been normal, if his daughter, Josephine, had had an ordinary little girl's dreams?
What would have happened then?
And why is it that the past is so much easier to change than the present?
'Delicious dollops of family life dished up piping hot with a dash of vinegar' - Literary Review
'A beautifully observed tragi-comedy' - Daily Express
'Deft and funny' - Spectator
'A sharp eye for the terrain of family battlefields' - Daily Telegraph
Teresa Waugh was born in 1940, the only daughter of the late sixth Earl of Onslow, KBE, MC, and spent her childhood in the family home at West Clandon, Surrey. In 1961 she married an author and journalist with whom she lives in Somerset. In 1978 she obtained a First Class degree in French and Italian at Exeter University and she has translated several books, including Jean Tulard's Napoleon, the Myth of the Saviour and Jean Gimpel's The Cathedral Builders. Her first novel, Painting Water, was published by Penguin in 1986.
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Genre: Literary Fiction
The newly retired Major Jack Bennett is at his happiest when surrounded by his hand-crafted battlefield and miniature soldiers.
Living in the past as he does, he loses himself in Napoleonic war often to the point of replacing the historical protagonists with himself.
Despite the analysis permitted by hindsight, Jack should have known that the historic imperative is often no more than a flick of fortune's wheel.
Whilst he can pose the anachronistic questions - what would have happened if Blucher hadn't arrived in time, or if Grouchy hadn't taken the wrong road, or if it hadn't rained? - Jack knows that living in the present is a simple question of luck.
What would have happened, for instance, if Jack had never married the self-centred Peggy, if his stepson, Nigel, had been normal, if his daughter, Josephine, had had an ordinary little girl's dreams?
What would have happened then?
And why is it that the past is so much easier to change than the present?
Praise for Waterloo, Waterloo:
'Delicious dollops of family life dished up piping hot with a dash of vinegar' - Literary Review
'A beautifully observed tragi-comedy' - Daily Express
'Deft and funny' - Spectator
'A sharp eye for the terrain of family battlefields' - Daily Telegraph
Teresa Waugh was born in 1940, the only daughter of the late sixth Earl of Onslow, KBE, MC, and spent her childhood in the family home at West Clandon, Surrey. In 1961 she married an author and journalist with whom she lives in Somerset. In 1978 she obtained a First Class degree in French and Italian at Exeter University and she has translated several books, including Jean Tulard's Napoleon, the Myth of the Saviour and Jean Gimpel's The Cathedral Builders. Her first novel, Painting Water, was published by Penguin in 1986.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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