 |
|
Perhaps some of you now want to know, who is behind this WebSite: OK, its me and the young gentleman standing to my right already had to play his role of fearless charger in the forthcoming Waterloo novel ' Die Ehre eines Soldaten'. In real world, his name is Ivanhoe and he's just a happy-go-lucky two years old Trakhener stallion ( He has a big brother -the one looking so cheeky on the next photo- who's name is Lord Uxbridge, but this one has all his legs.......! His namesake, the Marques of Anglesey was less lucky.)
Myself, I was once supposed to become a lawyer but then turned wrong and made a professional career in the French and German Defence Industry ( which brought me 9 years of deportation to Russia, where the first two Wellington Novels were born on long cold winter evenings with a superbe view on the Kremlin and the icecovered river Moskwa!). Today, I am working on the International Staff at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, just a short way from Waterloo and all this enthraling history that is making my free time so much fun. It takes me about one year to write a novel, historic research included. This means 'Die Ehre eines Soldaten' should be ready by the end of 2001 ( At least, my agent Michel Goerden hopes so, but apart hacking on my keyboard and spoiling precious time with this WebSite I still have a job, a partner, the horses and a good deal of other creatures large and small, which claim my attention)
 |
Now some words on the Wellington Novels: When I started, I wanted to make a serious comparative study of Infantry Tactics through the Napoleonic Wars, but somewhere in the middle my computer developed a life of its own and 'Der Tiger von Mysore' was born.'It is all India!' the Duke once claimed, when asked were he learned his craft. So why not start with the beginning! And - Lucky are the Brave and the Foolish - I found in Michael Goerden a devoted literary agent and good friend............. and somewhere even a publisher for a first novel on a subject which is not well known in Germany, my country of birth. Until then two other novels were already written; 'Adler und Leopard' covering the Campains of Arthur in Portugal and the Battle of Talavera and 'Der Herr des Krieges', which brings us through Spain and to Napoleons first abdication. In between I wrote some stuff on Baron Schaffirow, the spymaster of Peter the Great, because they asked me to do so! OK, this is quite a bit away from Wellington and Napoleon, but those who worked their way through this 900 pages manuskript (Das Schwert des Zaren) liked it. Perhaps Schaffirow's story will be published when St.Petersburg celebrates its 300.Anniversary ( in 2003, if I still know my History of Russia). Now,I have the Waterloo Novel 'Die Ehre eines Soldaten' under way and this will be the end of my series on Wellington, but throughout the last two volumes I invented a new hero - Sir James Dullmore - whom you will meet on some faraway hotspots in Africa and Asia at the service of King George IV and perhaps in a XIX.century cloak and dagger adventure high up in the mountains of Scotland. While Sir Arthur will disapear to the sideline of his political career and meet Jamie only from time to time to give some bout of fatherly advice, the young one will take over the burden to amuse me daily after work and during holidays.
Over the next four pages I will introduce the non-German speaking visitors of this WebSite shortly to my novels and their historic and fictional heros.
So let's give it a click with the Hyperlink on top of the page and here we go!
Dr.Claudia Urbanovsky
I hope you enjoyed your visit to the times and wars of Arthur Wellesley, the 1.Duke of Wellington. I'd be happy to know more about my visitors and their opinion on this site. Do not hesitate to sign my guestbook!
View My Guestbook
Sign My Guestbook