Author: An Englishwoman [Charlotte Anne Eaton; Charlotte Anne Waldie]
Title: Narrative of a Residence in Belgium During the Campaign of 1815; and of a Visit to the Field of Waterloo
Description: London, John Murray, 1817 . First edition. Leather. A smart copy of the scarce first edition of and Englishwoman's account of her 1815 travels in France and Belgium, during the Napoleonic wars. Ann Charlotte Waldie, later Mrs. Eaton, in June 1815 visited Brussels alongside her brother John and sister Jane, chronicling the events she witnessed in this memoir. Together they were evacuated to Antwerp, witnessed the Battle of Waterloo, and only six weeks after their arrival in Brussels, returned to England. The scarce first edition; a second edition was not published until 1853, under a different title.In a signed half calf binding from Marshall of Aylesbury. With an armorial bookplate and contemporary inscription to the front pastedown.Reviewed by John Sandler as containing 'a very graphic and detailed description of the battlefield shortly after the battle&apos. Noted for its unflinching account of the horrors of Waterloo, the work was considered one of the best contemporary accounts of the events detailed, and praised for its English patriotism. In a half calf signed binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. Armorial bookplate and inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Significant foxing, discolouration and handling marks throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: napoleonic wars peninsular war waterloo peninsular war None


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