The Autobiography of Sir Harry Smith, 1787–1819

by Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith

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Harry Smith's story centres on his campaigns with Wellington and his romance with a noble Spanish girl who threw herself at his mercy after the siege of Badajoz. He fell in love & married her, as fictionalised by Georgette Heyer in The Spanish Bride.

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Maddz 866 reviews

The 'hero' of A Spanish Bride. This deals with his military career up until his last posting in South Africa, including the Peninsular War and Waterloo. He's actually from near me and is buried in his home town of Whittlesey.

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TerryD.Hooker 37 reviews

An amazing career and wife, truly a book not to be missed by any British Napoleonic buff, good detail on the Pennisular War and post-Waterloo. Did another volume ever get published about his time in South Africa and the naming of Ladysmith after his wife.

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