First published in 1964. A journal and sketchbook kept during the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign by a young English officer in the King's German Legion of Wellington's Army. This diary of Edmund Wheatley has an immediacy often lacking in the more common retrospective accounts. Illustrated by him in b/w and colour. All our UK orders are posted First Class. All profits to Amnesty International.

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Title: THE WHEATLEY DIARY
Publisher: The Windrush Press, Gloucestershire
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1900624060
ISBN 13: 9781900624060
Binding: Soft cover
Illustrator: Edmund Wheatley
Edition: Reprint.
Condition: Fine.

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The journal and sketchbook of a young English officer in the King's German Legion. This work offers a firsthand account of the war against Napoleon in the form of a diary kept on active service in the field, from San Sebastien to Waterloo. The journal was for a young girl, Eliza Brookes.

About the Author

Christopher Hibbert was educated at Radley and Oxford. He served as an infantry officer during the war, was twice wounded and was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. Described by Professor J.H. Plumb as 'a writer of the hishest ability', he is, in the words of The Times Educational Supplement. 'perhaps the most gifted popular historian we have.' He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Hon. D. Litt of Leicester University.

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