![]() ![]() ![]() She brings alive military life during the Regency period, how the armies marched and fought, as well as how the nobility provided for its own comfort with servants, horses, dogs and furniture. Heyers research encompassed every available diary from that time period, including Harry Smiths, and all of the Duke of Wellingtons writings and dispatches. The Spanish Bride is a historical novel by Georgette Heyer based on the true story of Sir Harry Smith and his wife Juana Mara de los Dolores de Len Smith. In spite of the danger, Juana thrived on military life and her passionate, if somewhat stormy, relationship with Harry. Juana became a camp favorite, charming all with her youthful enthusiasm. A veteran campaigner at 25, Brigade-Major Harry Smith is reputed to be the luckest man in Wellingtons army. After marrying Harry Smith when she was 14 years old, Juana Smith followed the drum, marching at the back of the troops along with the other wives and the officers servants. The Spanish BrideShot-proof, fever-proof and a veteran campaigner at the age of twenty-five, Brigade-Major Harry Smith is reputed to be the luckiest man in Lord Wellingtons army. Based on the true story of Brigade-Major Harry Smith and the very young Spanish noblewoman he met and married during the Peninsular Wars, when the Duke of Wellingtons forces fought Napoleons army in Spain and Portugal. This 2 in 1 edition features The Spanish Brideand The Convenient Marriage- two of Georgette Heyers hugely popular Regency novels. ![]()
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