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Wellington : Waterloo and the fortunes of peace, 1814-1852
Muir, Rory, 1962-2018
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Place reservation for Wellington : Waterloo and the fortunes of peace, 1814-1852From the leading Wellington historian, a fascinating reassessment of the Duke's most famous victory and his role in the turbulent politics after Waterloo Wellington's momentous victory over Napoleon 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 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 legend of the selfless hero.
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018.
728 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm
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9780300232820 (pbk)
English
1927155
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