On the eve of battle, passions are running high. "A brilliant achievement vivid, accurate, dramatic the description of Waterloo is magnificent." "Daily Mail" "My favorite historical novelist." Margaret Drabble In the summer of 1815, with Napolean Bonaparte marching down from the north, Brussels is a whirlwind of parties, balls and soirees. In the swirling social scene surrounding the Duke of Wellington and his noble aides...
With a record five-and-a-half million listeners and thirty years as BBC Radio 2's top presenter, Sir Jimmy Young left the BBC at Christmas 2002. It was a controversial departure behind which lies a story he is only now prepared to reveal. In an extraordinary career which first brought him fame ...
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