Who was Who at Waterloo A Biography of the Battle

Everyone knows about the Battle of Waterloo or do they?This book presents the battle as never before: through the personal stories of over 150 people present at the battle or its immediate aftermath. A reference book, a biographical dictionary, and a myth-busting expose, Who was Who at Waterloo is an indispensable guide to history's most famous battle.Arranged in alphabetical order, and with entries highlighted throughout the text like links in a website, the book boasts a colourful cast of soldiers, politicians, peasants, surgeons, artists, novelists, poets, scientists, entrepreneurs, and more. It provides many sorties into nineteenth century culture, politics, medicine and science. It also provides a thorough look at the sources, identifying myths, irregularities and cover-ups. The book demonstrates how little we can really know about Waterloo. And yet it also demonstrates just how much can be said about the battle's participants.

A

Adam, Major General Sir Frederick William

Alava, Miguel Ricardo de

Allix de Vaux, General Jacques-Alexandre-François, baron

Alten, Lieutenant General Sir Charles von

Anton, Sergeant James

Arentschildt, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Frederick, Baron von

B

Bachelu, General Gilbert Désirée Joseph

Bailly de Monthion, General François Gédéon

Baring, Major George

Barker, Henry Aston

Bell, Sir Charles

Bijlandt, Major General Willem Frederik van

Blücher, Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von

Bolton, Captain Samuel

Bourmont, General Louis Auguste Victor de Ghaisnes, Count

Brack, Captain Prosper Fortuné, de

Brewer, Joseph

Brô, ColonelLouis

Brunswick, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of

Bull, Major Robert

Bülow, General Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von

Burney (married name d'Arblay), Frances or 'Fanny'

Butterworth, John

C

Cambronne, General Pierre Jacques

Campbell, Lieutenant Robert Preston

Capel, Caroline

Chassé, Lieutenant General David Hendrik, Baron

Chastel, General Louis Pierre Aimé, Baron

Clark, Captain Alexander Kennedy

Clay, Private Matthew

Coignet, Captain Jean-Roch

Colbert-Chabanais, GeneralEdouard de

Cole, General Sir Galbraith Lowry

Colville, General Sir Charles

Constant de Rebecque, Jean Victor

Cooke, Major GeneralSir George

Cotton, Edward

Crawford, Donald

Creevey, Thomas

D

Decoster, Jean

De Lancey, Lady Magdalen

De Lancey, Sir William Howe

Delort, GeneralJacques Antoine

D'Erlon, General Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Count

Detmers, Colonel H.

D'Hoogvoorst, Baron Joseph van der Linden

Domon, General Jean Simon

Dörnberg, Major General Sir Wilhelm Kaspar Ferdinand von

Drouot, GeneralAntoine, Count

Duhesme, General Philibert Guillaume, Count

Dupuis, Madame Thérèse

Dupuy, Major Victor

Durutte, General Pierre François

E

Eaton (née Waldie), Charlotte Anne

Evans, Tom

Ewart, Sergeant Charles

Exelmans, General Rémy Joseph Isidore

F

Ferrior, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel

Fitzroy Somerset, Colonel James Henry

Fleury de Chamboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard

Fouler, General Albert Emmanuel

Foy, General Maximilien Sebastien

Fraser, Sergeant Ralph

Frazer, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Augustus Simon

Fremantle, LieutenantColonel John

Friant, General Louis, Count

G

Gérard, General Maurice Etienne

Gneisenau, August Wilhelm Anton, Count von

Gordon, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander

Graeme, Lieutenant George Drummond

Graham, Corporal

Gronow, Rees Howell

Grouchy, Marshal Emmanuel, Marquis de

Guyot, General Charles, Claude-Etienne, Count

H

Halkett, Major General Sir Colin

Halkett, Colonel Hew, Baron von

Hamilton, Lieutenant Colonel James Inglis

Hill, General Rowland

Hitchens, Richard

Hunt, Philip

J

Jacquinot, Charles Claude, Baron

Jardin, père or aîné

Jérôme, Prince

Jerzmanowski, Lieutenant Colonel Jan Pawel, Baron

Jolyet, Major Jean-Baptiste

K

Keller, Major von

Kelly, Captain Edward

Kempt, Major General Sir James

Kennedy, Ensign James Grant

Kincaid, Lieutenant John

L

Labédoyère, General Charles-Angélique-François-Huchet, Count

Larrey, Dominique-