For a general history of the Regency period and the Napoleonic Wars, the following books are recommended. Most provide excellent bibliographies for further research. These books may be found in libraries or online bookstores such as Alibris.

Robert Blakeney. A Boy in the Peninsular War. Presidio Press, 1989 (Blakeney's memoirs.)

Carolly Erickson. Our Tempestuous Day.

Ian Fletcher. Wellington's Army.  1996.

Celina Fox. London: World City 1800-1840. Yale UP and the Museum of London, 1992.

Philip Haythornthwaite. British Cavalryman: 1792-1815 (Warrior Series), 1994, reprt. 2000.

Christopher Hibbert. George IV. (2. vols.), 1973-74.

Christopher Hibbert. Wellington: A Personal History. Addison-Wesley, 1997.

Jane Aiken Hodge. Passion and Principle: The Loves and Lives of Regency Women. London, John Murray, 1996.

Donald Low. Thieves' Kitchen: The Regency Underworld. 1957. (Dated, but entertaining.)

Rory Muir. Britain and the Defeat of Napoleon: 1807-1815. Yale UP, 1996. (Contains extensive bibliography).

Jac Weller. Wellington in the Peninsula. reprint. 1999.

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