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Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
www.napoleonguide.com/leaders_welling.htm
Efficient biography of the duke with lots of links to other information.
Wellington's Dispatches
www.wtj.com/archives/wellington/
With hundreds of letters and dispatches, this site gives a superb
insight into the strategy and operations behind the Peninsular campaign.
The Literate Courtesan
www.jazzbabies.com/home/wilson.htm
A biography of Harriette Wilson, Wellington's mistress who shamed
him with her memoirs.
1852 – The Duke of Wellington's Funeral
www.stpauls.co.uk
A short account of what was then the grandest state funeral in British
history. From the St Paul's cathedral website.
Wellington: A personal history by Christopher Hibbert (HarperCollins,
1998) £9.99
With an introduction to British history of the early 1800s, this biography
looks at the conflict between Wellington's public and private lives, documenting
his controversial support for Catholic emancipation in Ireland.
The Capel Letters 1814-1817 by the Marquess of Anglesey (Jonathan
Cape, 1955). Currently out of print but may be available through libraries
or specialist bookshops.
Lady Caroline Capel and her adult daughters had moved to Brussels in 1814
to escape her husband's debtors. Her brother Lord Uxbridge (later the
Marquess of Anglesey) was one of Wellington's leading commanders. Her
letters and those of her children provide an excellent source of information
from a female, civilian perspective.
Harriette Wilson: Lady of pleasure by Valerie Grosvenor Myer (Fern
House, 1999) £17.50
Entertaining biography of the courtesan, her anecdotes provide a scintillating
depiction of the great players of the Regency period.
Harriette Wilson's Memoirs, edited by Lesley Blanch (Century,
1985).
Currently out of print but may be available through libraries or specialist
bookshops.
The Journal of Mrs. Arbuthnot 1820-1832 edited by Francis Bamford
and the duke of Wellington (Macmillan, 1950). Out of print but may be
available through libraries or specialist bookshops.
Harriet Arbuthnot was the wife of a Tory MP and a great friend to Wellington.
She secretly became his 'social secretary' at No. 10.
Lady Unknown: The life of Angela Burdett-Coutts by Edna Healey
(Sidgwick & Jackson, 1978). Currently out of print but may be available
through libraries or specialist bookshops.
Burdett-Coutts used much of her inherited wealth to promote charitable
works in her nation and abroad and was a close friend to Wellington until
his death.
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