Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-330) and index.

Part I Road to Waterloo 1 -- 1 'A Fine Time for an Enterprising Young Man': 1769-1799 3 -- 2 Apprenticeship at Arms: 1799-1805 14 -- 3 A Near Miss: 1805-1808 29 -- 4 To Lie Like a Bulletin: 1808-1809 45 -- 5 First Recognition: 1809-1810 59 -- 6 Will He? Won't He?: 1810-1811 79 -- 7 Two Retreats, One Tragedy: 1812-1813 98 -- 8 'Napoleon Has Abdicated': 1813-1814 113 -- 9 Evenings on Elba, Nights in Paris: 1814-1815 123 -- 10 A Hundred-Day Dash for La Gloire: March-June 1815 13 -- Part II Waterloo and Its Aftermath 161 -- 11 'Thank God, I Have Met Him!': 18 June 1815 163 -- 12 Wellington Protects Napoleon (and His Own Reputation): June-July 1815 182 -- 13 Shepherding the Scapegoats: 1815-1816 199 -- 14 A Shrinking Colossus: 1817-1821 226 -- 15 Remembering with Advantages: 1822-1835 244 -- 16 War for Clio's Ear: 1836-1852 267 -- Peninsular War 1808-14 46 -- Waterloo Campaign 15-18 June 1815 / based on a map by David Chandler 146 -- Battle of Waterloo 18 June 1815 / based on a map by David Chandler 164.