Author: Richard Holmes
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2012-06-28
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0007383495
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this compelling book, Richard Holmes tells the exhilarating story of the Duke of Wellington, Britain's greatest ever soldier.
Author: Richard Aldington
Publisher: New York : Viking Press
Published: 1943
Total Pages: 448
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Alexis Henri BRIALMONT
Publisher:
Published: 1862
Total Pages: 798
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: George Lathom Browne
Publisher:
Published: 2009-05
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781104527310
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author: Alexis Henri Brialmont
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Published: 1858
Total Pages: 574
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John Kenneth Severn
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 628
ISBN-13: 9780806138107
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.