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Wellington's Smallest Victory: the Duke, the Model Maker and the Secret of Waterloo by Peter Hofschröer |
The fascinating story of how Siborne's model of the battle of Waterloo* incurred the undying enmity of the great Wellington. Siborne's inadvertent uncovering of an important discrepancy in the Waterloo Dispatch, that Wellington was desperate to cover up, ignited a long and terrible war between the two, of which Siborne was the only casualty . . . 'a cautionary tale for those who would mess with the establishment.' Almost 200 years later, Siborne is finally vindicated.
*Now in the Imperial Army Museum
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 58 Autumn 2010 ) |
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