The Life and Exploits of ... the Duke of Wellington. ... With Sixty Engravings
Author | : Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 1840 |
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Author | : Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 1840 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : British Museum. Department of Printed Books |
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Total Pages | : 1054 |
Release | : 1946 |
Genre | : English literature |
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Author | : Rory Muir |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 761 |
Release | : 2015-06-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0300214049 |
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.