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William The 4th
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1997
Copyright © Christopher Hibbert 1997
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Source ISBN: 9780586091098
Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2010 ISBN: 9780007406944
Version: 2016-09-08
For Pam Carpenter
With Love
CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
List of Illustrations
Author’s Note and Acknowledgements
Maps
1 Eton, Dublin and Angers, 1769–87
2 An Officer in the 33rd, 1787–93
6 The Governor of Mysore, 1799
11 Ireland and Denmark, 1806–7
15 ‘A Whole Host of Marshals’, 1809–10
16 From Bussaco to El Bodon, 1810–11
17 Life at Headquarters, 1810–12
18 Badajoz, Salamanca and Madrid, 1812
20 From Vitoria to the Frontier, 1812–13
29 King George IV and Queen Caroline, 1820–1
32 St Petersburg and the Northern Counties, 1825–7
