Author: David Wellington
Publisher: Broadway Books
ISBN: 0307460797
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Cheyenne Clark prowls the Arctic Circle on the trail of an ancient secret that could remove a lycanthropic curse and make her human again.
Overwinter
Author: David Wellington
Publisher: Broadway Books
ISBN: 0307460797
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Cheyenne Clark prowls the Arctic Circle on the trail of an ancient secret that could remove a lycanthropic curse and make her human again.
Publisher: Broadway Books
ISBN: 0307460797
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Cheyenne Clark prowls the Arctic Circle on the trail of an ancient secret that could remove a lycanthropic curse and make her human again.
Architects of Empire
Author: John Kenneth Severn
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806138107
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806138107
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
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.
Wellington’s Guns
Author: Nick Lipscombe
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472804686
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Written in the same engaging style of Mark Urban's Fusiliers and Rifles, this is a brilliant study of the Gunners who revolutionised warfare during the course of the Napoleonic Wars despite the opposition of their commander-in-chief. Dismissive, conservative and aloof, Wellington treated his artillery with disdain during the Napoleonic Wars – despite their growing influence on the field of battle. Wellington's Guns exposes, for the very first time, the often stormy relationship between Wellington and his artillery, how the reluctance to modernize the British artillery corps threatened to derail the British push for victory and how Wellington's views on the command and appointment structure within the artillery opened up damaging rifts between him and his men. At a time when artillery was undergoing revolutionary changes – from the use of mountain guns during the Pyrenees campaign in the Peninsular, the innovative execution of 'danger-close' missions to clear the woods of Hougomont at Waterloo, to the introduction of creeping barrages and Congreve's rockets – Wellington seemed to remain distrustful of a force that played a significant role in shaping tactics and changing the course of the war. Using extensive research and first-hand accounts, Colonel Nick Lipscombe reveals that despite Wellington's brilliance as a field commander, his abrupt and uncompromising leadership style, particularly towards his artillery commanders, shaped the Napoleonic Wars, and how despite this, the ever-evolving technology and tactics ensured that the extensive use of artillery became one of the hallmarks of a modern army.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472804686
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Written in the same engaging style of Mark Urban's Fusiliers and Rifles, this is a brilliant study of the Gunners who revolutionised warfare during the course of the Napoleonic Wars despite the opposition of their commander-in-chief. Dismissive, conservative and aloof, Wellington treated his artillery with disdain during the Napoleonic Wars – despite their growing influence on the field of battle. Wellington's Guns exposes, for the very first time, the often stormy relationship between Wellington and his artillery, how the reluctance to modernize the British artillery corps threatened to derail the British push for victory and how Wellington's views on the command and appointment structure within the artillery opened up damaging rifts between him and his men. At a time when artillery was undergoing revolutionary changes – from the use of mountain guns during the Pyrenees campaign in the Peninsular, the innovative execution of 'danger-close' missions to clear the woods of Hougomont at Waterloo, to the introduction of creeping barrages and Congreve's rockets – Wellington seemed to remain distrustful of a force that played a significant role in shaping tactics and changing the course of the war. Using extensive research and first-hand accounts, Colonel Nick Lipscombe reveals that despite Wellington's brilliance as a field commander, his abrupt and uncompromising leadership style, particularly towards his artillery commanders, shaped the Napoleonic Wars, and how despite this, the ever-evolving technology and tactics ensured that the extensive use of artillery became one of the hallmarks of a modern army.
Wellington's Campaigns, Peninsula - Waterloo, 1808-15
Author: Charles Walker Robinson
Publisher:
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Category : Peninsular War, 1807-1814
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Peninsular War, 1807-1814
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Dispatches, Correspondence and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duc of Wellington, K.G.
Author: Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with notes by Milman and Guizot. Ed. by W. Smith
Author: Edward Gibbon
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
A History of the English Poor Law
Author: George Nicholls
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Englishwoman in Russia; impressions of the society and manners of the Russians at home, by a lady two years resident in that country
Author: Mrs. Andrew Neilson
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Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Once Upon a Time
Author: Charles Knight
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Author: Edward Gibbon
Publisher:
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Category : Byzantine Empire
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Byzantine Empire
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description