A Week at Waterloo in 1815
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In a small room near the battlefield of Waterloo, Magdalene De Lancey attends her wounded husband, Sir William Howe De Lancey, the army's quartermaster-general. Her account follows the practical demands of nursing him: replacing a dusty pillow with a carriage cushion, finding suitable bedding, managing visitors and obtaining milk for his tea. These ordinary tasks sit beside close observations of his pain, patience and concern for her feelings.
The personal narrative appears with an introduction, explanatory notes and appendices containing letters from Walter Scott and Charles Dickens. Its focus on a bedside rather than troop movements gives readers a view of the battle's consequences within a marriage.
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- Author
- Magdalene De Lancey
- Reading time
- About 2 hours
- Pages
- 97
- Language
- English
- Genre
- European History
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