To Nic, who may well be the only professor of economics in America who reads and enjoys my books
Of the numerous books consulted for the background of this story, the author wishes particularly to acknowledge Wellington: Pillar of State , by Elizabeth Longford, The Foreign Policy of Castlereagh, 1812-1815 , by Sir Charles Webster, and The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow (Viking Press edition, 1964).