For fans of Downton Abbey: the enthralling true story of family secrets and aristocratic intrigue in the days before WWI. After the Ninth Duke of Rutland, one of the wealthiest men in Britain, died alone in a cramped room in the servants' quarters of Belvoir Castle on April 21, 1940, his son and heir ordered the room, which contained the Rutland family archives, sealed. Sixty years later, Catherine Bailey became the first historian given access. What...

Published in 1912, this indispensable history of the British field army in the Iberian Peninsula under the legendary command of Wellington is filled with tactical insights and fascinating period details. Interesting aspects of day-to-day life and the mental states of the soldiers are enhanced by writings from the actual soldiers.