Wellington: Year of the Sword - Hardcover

Longford, E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568520948 ISBN 13: 9781568520940

Publisher: Konecky & Konecky Military Books, 1998

Synopsis

The archetype of the stern, silent Englishman dedicated to his duty, the Duke of Wellington had all the subtlety and variety of genius. WELLINGTON uncovers the sensitive child of Irish aristocrats pushed into the army, making his name in India before returning to lead the Allied Armies to victory against Napoleon in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. Swapping battlegrounds for political minefields, Wellington emerges as a conservative Tory Prime Minister of a country demanding every variety of reform. Many strands gradually come together in his character, to make at last the ideal he had always held out for himself; 'the retained servant of king and people'.
WELLINGTON triumphantly succeeds in revealing an unforgettable, appealing and very human character. Magisterial, vivid, exhaustively researched, sympathetic yet balanced, rich in personal details but scholarly too. Elizabeth Longford's two-volume WELLINGTON was greeted with a storm of acclaim. This abridged, one-volume paperback brings a classic work to a new generation of readers.

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Review:

Strikingly successful & convincing (A J P Taylor)

A book that is sparklingly alive, admirably coherent & compulsively readable (ECONOMIST)

Deals brilliantly with the conduct of his gt. battles, ending with a 100-page description of Waterloo which must rank among the finest yet written (Michael Howard)

A thoroughly convincing portrait ...a rare achievement (N. STATESMAN)

Book Description:

The classic biography of the Duke of Wellington, reissued and updated.

About this edition

• Publisher: Konecky & Konecky Military Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1568520948
• ISBN 13: 9781568520940
• Binding: Hardcover