A Great Man's Friendship: Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Mary, Marchioness of Salisbury, 1850-1852Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, Baroness Winifred Anne Henrietta Christine Herbert Gardner Burghclere J. Murray, 1927 - 342 pages |
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