tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post1541967203256922961..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: The Extraordinary Clandestine Activities of a Nineteenth Century DiplomatDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-83595358962462027292012-12-28T11:49:07.723-08:002012-12-28T11:49:07.723-08:00East Sussex Record Office has a copy of my article...East Sussex Record Office has a copy of my article on William Wood of Woodlands Nursery, Maresfield in Sussex. William Wood was a personal servant of Charles Stuart. (copies of letters in ESRO by Duke of Wellington, Charles Stuart owned by descendants of W.Wood.) Robert Franklin's two books are seminal.Ros Glanceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10995986786029260470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-42061379822378496512012-08-19T23:21:27.898-07:002012-08-19T23:21:27.898-07:00Farida, Barbara and David, thanks for your comment...Farida, Barbara and David, thanks for your comments!Maggi Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430261880092452319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-28174699897281332602012-08-19T23:20:36.110-07:002012-08-19T23:20:36.110-07:00You're welcome, M. M.You're welcome, M. M.Maggi Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430261880092452319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-1353954476066489432012-08-19T23:19:52.010-07:002012-08-19T23:19:52.010-07:00You're welcome, Katherine. You're welcome, Katherine.Maggi Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430261880092452319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-38825464251998062442012-08-19T23:18:02.188-07:002012-08-19T23:18:02.188-07:00Thanks Liesel, glad you enjoyed it.Thanks Liesel, glad you enjoyed it.Maggi Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15430261880092452319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-4559439560793415102012-08-15T16:04:26.987-07:002012-08-15T16:04:26.987-07:00Great post! I'm new follower via GFC! I found ...Great post! I'm new follower via GFC! I found you on Twitter. I'm a historical fiction author and often try to include "historical tidbits" on my blog. I look forward to your posts! :DLiesel K. Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03860816358217211833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-75228218287210316622012-08-12T20:05:40.854-07:002012-08-12T20:05:40.854-07:00How very interesting. Difficult to warm to a fello...How very interesting. Difficult to warm to a fellow who was busy "digging up the dirty" on Queen Caroline -- or was he concealing it perhaps? One cannot refuse a regal assignment. And the Brazil connection, so odd. Would love to know more about Britain's relations with Portugal and Brazil. Thank you, Maggie!Katherine Ashehttp://www.katherineashe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-86966297524064806912012-08-12T08:11:07.068-07:002012-08-12T08:11:07.068-07:00Now I want to find a biography of this interesting...Now I want to find a biography of this interesting man..David W. Wilkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171335840275083654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-91228013699663439222012-08-12T06:27:32.874-07:002012-08-12T06:27:32.874-07:00The Prince Regent, later George IV, was known--whe...The Prince Regent, later George IV, was known--whether he was trusted, I cannot say--by the sovereigns of Europe: Tsar Alexander, the Prussian Kaiser and the Austrian Emperor, Francis, had all been feted by him in London in the summer of 1814. They had met with him, accepted gifts from him, conducted many meetings with him, danced at his parties, dined with him, been driven in carriages with him. <br /><br />The French princes had also been well-known to him and had relied upon English hospitality, intelligence work, and financial subsidies for two decades. <br /><br />But intelligence work during the period is very iffy...From the fall of the French monarchy in 1792, Britain had been engaged in espionage (bigtime!)often in cahoots with the French Royalists. As the French Empire grew, so too did Britain's spy networks--but what makes it tricky to research is that none of these 'agencies' or individual spies talked to each other.<br /><br />Wellington, on the Peninsula, relied on his own private set of intelligence men, for example. Same goes for the Home Office and the Foreign Office and Horseguards...Ha ha ha. <br /><br />Thank you for bringing my attention to another 'strand' in the intelligence network.M.M. Bennettshttp://www.mmbennetts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-24198365378964887942012-08-12T04:51:11.053-07:002012-08-12T04:51:11.053-07:00Yes, very enjoyable. Thanks!Yes, very enjoyable. Thanks!Barbara Monajemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06740868750916582900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-38596841723147700292012-08-12T00:36:06.152-07:002012-08-12T00:36:06.152-07:00That was very interesting and informative! Thank y...That was very interesting and informative! Thank you for sharing!Phoebe's Sistershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548739602100284299noreply@blogger.com