Dear Mr Cornwell,
You mention (on page 44) of ‘Waterloo’ that William Prince of Orange was at Eton. I am helping Eton College compile a list of old Etonians who fought at Waterloo, there is talk of erecting a memorial to them. I wonder if you could tell me your source for the statement? All I can find is that he was educated ‘in exile’ and at Oxford. Any help in this would be much appreciated.
As an aside, on page 73 you refer to the Count D’Erlon as a Marshal of France a rank he did not achieve until 1843.
Yours is the clearest books on Waterloo I have read, I hope it is not your last factual history.
Yours sincerely,
David Broomfield