Author: Marquess Richard Wellesley Wellesley
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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The Despatches and Correspondence of the Marquess Wellesley, K. G.
Author: Marquess Richard Wellesley Wellesley
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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a critical dictionary of english literature and british and american authors
Author: s. austin allibone
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
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Wellington
Author: Rory Muir
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300198604
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 693
Book Description
The leading Wellington historian’s fascinating reassessment of the Iron Duke’s most famous victory and his role in the turbulent politics after Waterloo. For Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington, his momentous victory over Napoleon was the culminating point of a brilliant military career. Yet Wellington’s achievements were far from over: he commanded the allied army of occupation in France to the end of 1818, returned home to a seat in Lord Liverpool’s cabinet, and became prime minister in 1828. He later served as a senior minister in Peel’s government and remained commander-in-chief of the army for a decade until his death in 1852. In this richly detailed work, the second and concluding volume of Rory Muir’s definitive biography, the author offers a substantial reassessment of Wellington’s significance as a politician and a nuanced view of the private man behind the legend of the selfless hero. Muir presents new insights into Wellington’s determination to keep peace at home and abroad, achieved by maintaining good relations with the Continental powers and resisting radical agitation while granting political equality to the Catholics in Ireland rather than risk civil war. And countering one-dimensional pictures of Wellington as a national hero, Muir paints a portrait of a well-rounded man whose austere demeanor on the public stage belied his entertaining, gossipy, generous, and unpretentious private self. “[An] authoritative and enjoyable conclusion to a two-part biography.” —Lawrence James, Times (London) “Muir conveys the military, political, social and personal sides of Wellington’s career with equal brilliance. This will be the leading work on the subject for decades.” —Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon and Wellington: The Long Duel
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300198604
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 693
Book Description
The leading Wellington historian’s fascinating reassessment of the Iron Duke’s most famous victory and his role in the turbulent politics after Waterloo. For Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington, his momentous victory over Napoleon was the culminating point of a brilliant military career. Yet Wellington’s achievements were far from over: he commanded the allied army of occupation in France to the end of 1818, returned home to a seat in Lord Liverpool’s cabinet, and became prime minister in 1828. He later served as a senior minister in Peel’s government and remained commander-in-chief of the army for a decade until his death in 1852. In this richly detailed work, the second and concluding volume of Rory Muir’s definitive biography, the author offers a substantial reassessment of Wellington’s significance as a politician and a nuanced view of the private man behind the legend of the selfless hero. Muir presents new insights into Wellington’s determination to keep peace at home and abroad, achieved by maintaining good relations with the Continental powers and resisting radical agitation while granting political equality to the Catholics in Ireland rather than risk civil war. And countering one-dimensional pictures of Wellington as a national hero, Muir paints a portrait of a well-rounded man whose austere demeanor on the public stage belied his entertaining, gossipy, generous, and unpretentious private self. “[An] authoritative and enjoyable conclusion to a two-part biography.” —Lawrence James, Times (London) “Muir conveys the military, political, social and personal sides of Wellington’s career with equal brilliance. This will be the leading work on the subject for decades.” —Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon and Wellington: The Long Duel
A Catalogue of the Library of the London Institution: The general library
Author: London Institution. Library
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and British and American Authors
Author: Samuel Austin Allibone
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 830
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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased
Author: Samuel Austin Allibone
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century
Author: Samuel Austin Allibone
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
A Critical Dictionary of English Literature
Author: Samuel Austin Allibone
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century by S. Austin Allibone
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased, from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century
Author: Samuel Austin Allibone
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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