Wellington : The Path to Victory 1769-1814
by Muir, Rory
Published by : Yale University Press (New Haven) Physical details: xvi,728 Pages 16x24 cm | HB ISBN:9780300186659. Year: 2013| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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The Path to Victory 1769-1814.
Include Maps, Illustrations, Chronology, Endnotes, Bibliography and Index.
The Duke of Wellington was Britain's greatest soldier, whose victories turned the tide of Napoleon's conquests and played a crucial role in his downfall. Wellington went on to be a major figure in British politics, twice serving as Prime Minister. Often the centre of controversy, he was at times feted and celebrated as a national hero, at others reviled in the press and abused in the streets. He was a far more complicated man than the paragon of virtue celebrated by Victorian biographers. Rory Muir's masterly new biography, the first of a two volume set, is the result of thirty years research into the Duke of Wellington and his times. The author brings Wellington into much sharper focus than ever before, critically examining every aspect of his life from his unhappy childhood, his baptism into British and Irish politics and his remarkable successes in India, to the setbacks and triumphs of the Peninsular War.
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