This is a love story, but it is played out against the most accurate historical background of Napoleon's final battle, Waterloo. Georgette Heyer's historical accuracy has been admired by historians of this period, and she brings the battle to hideous life, while showing how it affected not only those fighting, but the civilian population in Belgium. She also brings the Duke of Wellington to life, showing him as a human being as well as a most remarkable soldier and tactician. I have read this book several times over many years and it never fails to enthrall me.
