Waterloo Messenger The Life of Henry Percy Peninsular Soldier and French Prisoner of War 1st Edition by William Mahon ISBN 978-1473870505 147387050X
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ISBN 10: 147387050X
ISBN 13: 978-1473870505
Author: William Mahon
Henry Percy is best known as the officer who carried the Waterloo Dispatch, the Duke of Wellingtons account of the Battle of Waterloo and the ultimate defeat of Napoleon, to London in June 1815. This was the climax of a remarkable military career. He served in the British army throughout the Napoleonic Wars in Sicily, Egypt, Sweden, Portugal and Spain, and he fought at Waterloo. This biography gives us a fascinating insight into active service and the high command during those wartime years. The strong, contrasting personalities of the notable British and French commanders he encountered Moore, Wellington and Junot among them are revealed, and his time as a captive in France offers us a rare inside view of the everyday existence of a prominent prisoner of war. Using archives in England, in particular at Alnwick Castle, and in France, William Mahon has reconstructed Percys life in meticulous detail. He paints a vivid picture of Percys wartime experience. He also describes his enduring friendships and his liaison with the French woman who bore him a son.
Table of contents:
1. Early Days (1785-1808)
2. Sweden (1808)
3. Portugal and Spain (1808)
4. Salamanca, Sahagún and Benavente (1808)
5. The Retreat to Corunna (1808-1809)
6. The Battle of Corunna and the Death of Sir John Moore (January 1809)
7. England, Ireland and Back to the Peninsula (January-April 1809).
8. The Peninsula: Oporto (1809)
9. The Talavera Campaign (1809)
10. The Retirement to Badajoz, Portugal and Capture
(August 1809-September 1810)
11. Prisoner of War (1810-1811)
12. Life on Parole at Moulins (to April 1814)
13. Paris and the Hundred Days (1815)
14. Waterloo, London, France (1815-1818)
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