Author: William Hamilton Maxwell
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Languages : en
Pages : 390

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Pages : 248

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Author: Rosamond Waite
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Pages : 344

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Author: George Robert Gleig
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Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 518

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Author: W. H. Maxwell
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Pages : 345

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Author: William Hamilton Maxwell
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Author: John Kenneth Severn
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806138107
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 628

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A soldier and statesman for the ages, the Duke of Wellington is a towering figure in world history. John Severn now offers a fresh look at the man born Arthur Wellesley to show that his career was very much a family affair, a lifelong series of interactions with his brothers and their common Anglo-Irish heritage. The untold story of a great family drama, Architects of Empire paints a new picture of the era through the collective biography of Wellesley and his siblings. Severn takes readers from the British Raj in India to the battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars to the halls of Parliament as he traces the rise of the five brothers from obscurity to prominence. Severn covers both the imperial Indian period before 1800 and the domestic political period after 1820, describing the wide range of experiences Arthur and his brothers lived through. Architects of Empire brings together in a single volume a grand story that before now was discernible only through political or military analysis. Weaving the personal history of the brothers into a captivating narrative, it tells of sibling rivalry among men who were by turns generous and supportive, then insensitive and cruel. Whereas other historians have minimized the importance of family ties, Severn provides an unusually nuanced understanding of the Duke of Wellington. Architects of Empire casts his career in a new light--one that will surprise those who believe they already know the man.

Author: Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
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Pages : 288

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Author: Rosamond Waite
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332042121
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 342

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Excerpt from Life of the Duke of Wellington I have taken the opportunity of a new edition to make a few corrections in the text and to mark the points of the compass on some of the plans which were left without orientation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.