{"id":25798,"date":"2023-06-19T08:22:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T06:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=234045"},"modified":"2023-06-20T06:11:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T04:11:35","slug":"the-myth-and-memory-of-waterloo","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/the-myth-and-memory-of-waterloo\/","title":{"rendered":"The myth and memory of Waterloo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Luke Reynolds considers why the 1815 battle of Waterloo remains so prominent in the British imagination several centuries on <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Dr David Musgrove\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 19 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Why is Waterloo still a fixture in the story Britain tells about its national history, more than two centuries on from the battle itself? Speaking to David Mugrove, Dr Luke Reynolds delves into the myth and memory of Waterloo, to uncover how battlefield tourism began almost immediately after the fighting, and why the legacy of the battle continued to be fought over for several decades after 1815.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-234045-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/themythandmemoryofwaterloo-ebcb26c.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/themythandmemoryofwaterloo-ebcb26c.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/themythandmemoryofwaterloo-ebcb26c.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Luke Reynolds is the author of <em>Who owned Waterloo: Battle, Memory, and Myth in British History, 1815-1852<\/em> (Oxford University Press, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/who-owned-waterloo-battle-memory-and-myth-in-british-history-1815-1852-luke-reynolds\/18405241?ean=9780192864994&quot;\">Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Who-Owned-Waterloo-British-1815-1852-ebook\/dp\/B0B39LJ5TQ\/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/who-owned-waterloo\/luke-reynolds\/9780192864994&quot;\">Buy now on Waterstones<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Help us develop the HistoryExtra podcast offering by taking part in our latest research:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/immediateinsiders.com\/uc\/admin\/b7a7\/?a=1&amp;b=&amp;c=3&quot;\">Get started now<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Luke Reynolds considers why the 1815 battle of Waterloo remains so prominent in the British imagination several centuries on <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":25799,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/the-myth-and-memory-of-waterloo.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/the-myth-and-memory-of-waterloo-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/the-myth-and-memory-of-waterloo-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/the-myth-and-memory-of-waterloo.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/the-myth-and-memory-of-waterloo.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/the-myth-and-memory-of-waterloo.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/the-myth-and-memory-of-waterloo.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Luke Reynolds considers why the 1815 battle of Waterloo remains so prominent in the British imagination several centuries on","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/25798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}