{"product_id":"scott-on-waterloo-by-sir-walter-scott-9781784870232","title":"Scott on Waterloo","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, read Sir Walter Scott's firsthand accounts of his travels to the battlefield, in fascinating and bloody detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, discover a fascinating primary source – Sir Walter Scott's accounts of his journey to the battlefield.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo, tourists flocked from Britain to witness the scene of the most important conflict of their generation. Walter Scott was among them, commissioned by his publisher for a travel book and a long poem. These prose and verse accounts bring to vivid life the carnage, spectacle, and excitement of a fascinating period of European history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrilliantly introduced and annotated by Paul O'Keeffe, this edition elucidates and contextualises Scott's first-hand account of his travels, his dashing epic, \u003cem\u003eThe Field of Waterloo\u003c\/em\u003e, and the eerily chilling \u003cem\u003eDance of Death\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47403807310060,"sku":"9781784870232","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/b1ae051bc0576d4f27f4d2fbd50d62ec.jpg?v=1773871961","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/scott-on-waterloo-by-sir-walter-scott-9781784870232","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}