2002, ISBN: 0007137486

[EAN: 9780007137480], Used, very good, [PU: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London], RICHARD HOLMES WELLINGTON THE IRON DUKE, Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780007137480], Used, very good, [PU: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London], RICHARD HOLMES WELLINGTON THE IRON DUKE, Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britain's greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed the most serious threat to Napoleon. The Duke of Wellington's remarkable life and extraordinary campaigns are recreated with Holmes' superb skill in this compelling book. Richard Holmes charts Wellington's stellar military career from India to Europe, and in the process, rediscovers the reasons Queen Victoria called him the greatest man the nineteenth century had produced. Combining his astute historical analysis with a semi-biographical examination of Wellington, Holmes artfully illustrates the rapid evolution in military and political thinking of the time. Wellington is a brilliant figure, idealistic in politics, cynical in love, a wit, a beau, a man of enormous courage often sickened by war. As Richard Holmes charts his progress from a shy, indolent boy to commander-in-chief of the allied forces, he also exposes the Iron Duke as a philanderer, and a man who sometimes despised the men that he led, and was not always in control of his soldiers. Particularly infamous is the bestial rampage of his men after the capture of Cuidad Rodgrigo and Badajoz. THE IRON DUKE is a beautifully produced book, complete with stunning illustrations and colour plates. Richard Holmes' TV series to accompany THE IRON DUKE will be lavishly constructed in four parts, and filmed on location in Britain, India, Spain, Portugal, France and Belgium. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

2003, ISBN: 9780007137480

London England: HarperCollins. Very Good/Very Good. 2003. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0007137486 Hardback Hardcover Price clipped. Wellingt… Mehr…

London England: HarperCollins. Very Good/Very Good. 2003. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0007137486 Hardback Hardcover Price clipped. Wellington. The Iron Duke In this compelling book, the author charts the life of the Duke of Wrllington, Britain's greatest-ever soldier. He follows Wellington's remarkable career from the ruins of his family seat in Ireland to the plains of India where Wellesley first gained his reputation as a brilliant commander, to the horrors of the Peninsular War and Waterloo. Holmes sees Welling as a brilliant figure, idealistic in politics, cynical in love, a wit, a beau, a man of enormous courage and iron duty often sickened by the horros of war. The Duke of Wellington was not always good but he was unquestionably great. This lively and informed book is social, military and biographical history at its finest. Illustrated. 324 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) ., HarperCollins, 2003, 3<

2002, ISBN: 9780007137480

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hardcover, Very good in very good dust jacket., [ED: 1], First Edition. A hardback First Edition in Very Good condition, edges a little tanned, inteerior clean and bright, in a Very Good … Mehr…

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2006, ISBN: 9780007137480

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2002, ISBN: 9780007137480

Hard cover, Good., 336 p. 3 b/w illus, 8 b/w, 16 col plates, Index., London, [PU: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd]