The Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo is coming up! Learn all there is to know about this famous battle with this must-have guide that both parents and children will love!
Waterloo, June 19, 1815 …
It has rained all night … What is Napoleon doing ? Who are the Allies ?
Meet Wellington and Blücher !
What will happen at Hougoumont, Haie Sainte and Papelotte farms ?
Imagine the cavalry charges, the blasts from the grand battery.
The village of Plancenoit is on fire ! Where is Marshal Grouchy ?
Who are forming "the last square" ?
Will Wellington defeat his old enemy ?
Relive in family Napoleon's last battle, hour by hour, with this interactive book to find out about history while having fun
EXTRACT
The little village of Waterloo was linked to Brussels by a single paved road.
Waterloo, around 20 km south of Brussels, and its surrounding region, was mainly agricultural.
It was a rolling landscape, with many scattered villages, farms, fields, woods and windmills.
Everything seemed calm there until the morning of June 18, 1815. Braine-l’Alleud, Genappe, Lasne and Waterloo would soon become no more than a battlefield.
ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Put yourself in the shoes of an artist or an explorer and learn all there is to know about art and history!
Whether it is as a museum guide, a temporary exhibition catalog or a monograph, the books from the "Happy Museum" collection can be read while visiting a museum, an exhibition or simply at home.
The concept is entertaining and interactive so that children can learn while having fun! You will find throughout the pages some games, observations, thoughts, creations, drawings and art history notions. Thanks to these activities, children will be able to assimilate technical and theoretical notions like “still life”, “watercolors” and “impressionism”, which are sometimes abstract and difficult to understand.
From 4 years old and for the whole family (parents, grandparents and teachers).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Catherine de Duve is an art historian and a painter. She worked for the Royal museums of Belgium’s educational services and created teaching workshops at the Brussels Foundation for Architecture.
In 2000, she launched her own publishing house with a brand new concept. Advised by the director of MAC (Grand Hornu), she created the international collection “Happy Museum”, dedicated to a young audience.
Catherine de Duve is also published by RMN, Hatier and Alice editions, and works with dozens of international museum curators.
