This is the intriguing and fully authenticated story of the British Army's first professional staff officer, his beautiful Scottish bride, and their doomed marriage. It includes the full text of both the "Narrative" and the little-known "Abridged Version," originally titled A Week At Waterloo in 1815: Lady de Lancey's Narrative: being an account of how she nursed her husband, Colonel Sir W H Lancey, Quartermaster General of the Army, who was mortally wounded in the great battle.
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This is the intriguing and fully authenticated story of the British Army's first professional staff officer, his beautiful Scottish bride, and their doomed marriage. It includes the full text of both the "Narrative" and the little-known "Abridged Version," originally titled A Week At Waterloo in 1815: Lady de Lancey's Narrative: being an account of how she nursed her husband, Colonel Sir W H Lancey, Quartermaster General of the Army, who was mortally wounded in the great battle.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Very Good Jacket. Size: 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo); Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
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1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered dark blue cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. xxii + 213, illus with b&w plates, maps and genealogical tables (no inscriptions).