Author: Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
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Languages : en
Pages : 460
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The Life and Exploits of ... the Duke of Wellington. ... With Sixty Engravings
Author: Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
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Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Pages : 460
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Wellington: Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1814–1852
Author: Rory Muir
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300214049
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
The preeminent Wellington biographer presents a fascinating reassessment of the Duke’s most famous victory and his political career after Waterloo. The Duke of Wellington’s momentous victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo 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 Robert 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 legendary 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, resisting radical agitation, and granting political equality to the Catholics in Ireland. Countering one-dimensional image of Wellington as a national hero, Muir paints a nuanced portrait of a man whose austere public demeanor belied his entertaining, gossipy, generous, and unpretentious private self.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300214049
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
The preeminent Wellington biographer presents a fascinating reassessment of the Duke’s most famous victory and his political career after Waterloo. The Duke of Wellington’s momentous victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo 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 Robert 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 legendary 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, resisting radical agitation, and granting political equality to the Catholics in Ireland. Countering one-dimensional image of Wellington as a national hero, Muir paints a nuanced portrait of a man whose austere public demeanor belied his entertaining, gossipy, generous, and unpretentious private self.
Catalogue of Printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Pages : 610
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The New World
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1460
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1460
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British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Universal catalogue of books on art. Quarterly issue of pages extracted from 'Notes and queries'. A-BAENA. (Proof sheets circulated for the purpose of obtaining additions and corrections).
Author: Universal catalogue
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Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Pages : 398
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Wellington: the story of his life, his battles and political career. [With plates, including portraits.]
Author: Alfred Robert COOKE
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Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Catalogus Librorum Impressorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae in Academia Oxoniensi
Author: Bodleian Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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The Athenaeum
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Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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Pages : 1014
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The Poetical Works of Robert Montgomery ...
Author: Robert Montgomery
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Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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