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Book Synopsis Wellington: The Iron Duke (Text Only) by : Richard Holmes
Download or read book Wellington: The Iron Duke (Text Only) written by Richard Holmes and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling book, Richard Holmes tells the exhilarating story of the Duke of Wellington, Britain's greatest ever soldier.
Download or read book Wellington written by Richard Holmes and published by HarperCollins (UK). This book was released on 2003 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The Wisdom of Wellington: Or, Maxims of the Iron Duke by : Arthur Wellesley (1st duke of Wellington.)
Download or read book The Wisdom of Wellington: Or, Maxims of the Iron Duke written by Arthur Wellesley (1st duke of Wellington.) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wellington written by Elizabeth Longford and published by Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short biography of Wellington, the Iron Duke, one of the best known military commanders of British history. Covers not only Wellington the war hero and Waterloo, but also his political career and Wellington the ladies' man and his marriage to Kitty Pakenham.
Book Synopsis The Life of the Duke of Wellington by : H. W. D.
Download or read book The Life of the Duke of Wellington written by H. W. D. and published by . This book was released on 1881* with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wellington the Beau by : Patrick Dalaforce
Download or read book Wellington the Beau written by Patrick Dalaforce and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The military achievements of Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, have been well documented and deservedly so. Inevitably his fame and success made him attractive, nay irresistible, to the opposite sex and over the many years of his campaigning away from home he came into contact with a great number of beautiful and powerful ladies. Patrick Delaforce focuses in a tasteful way on these relationships which often had an important influence on the Great Man ' and occasionally on the shape of history. Many of his encounters were undoubtedly platonic, others certainly not.
Book Synopsis Text, Context, Pretext by : H. G. Widdowson
Download or read book Text, Context, Pretext written by H. G. Widdowson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a leading researcher in the field, this fascinating examination of the relations between grammar, text, and discourse is designed to provoke critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis which are not always clearly identified and examined. Written by a leading researcher in the field Continues the enquiry into discourse analysis that Zellig Harris initiated 50 years ago, which raised a number of problematic issues that have remained unresolved ever since Introduces the notion of pretext as an additional factor in the general interpretative process Focuses attention specifically on the work of critical discourse analysis (CDA) in light of the issues discussed
Book Synopsis The Duke of Wellington in 100 Objects by : Gareth Glover
Download or read book The Duke of Wellington in 100 Objects written by Gareth Glover and published by In 100 Objects. This book was released on 2020-12-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, was the outstanding British individual of the nineteenth century. His victories at Seringapatam and Assaye extended British control in India and his famous campaign in Spain and Portugal helped to drive Napoleon into exile. Wellington is, of course, mostly remembered for defeating Napoleon at Waterloo and his prestige after that epoch-changing event saw him becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain on two occasions.These are the commonly-known facts about the Iron Duke, but in this remarkable investigation into the life of Britain's greatest general, we learn so much more about Wellington as a person, through the objects, large and small, that marked key episodes in his personal, military and public life. Renowned historian Gareth Glover details Wellington's family background in Ireland, his early military career, his one-and-only meeting with Nelson, his campaigns in Flanders, the Iberian Peninsula and Waterloo. What we also learn is of his difficult marriage - and his scandalous womanising, even bedding the same woman as Napoleon - and his strained relationship with his two boys.His political career was a controversial one, including his fight to pass the Catholic Emancipation Bill and of a period of three months when he ran the government by himself because he refused to appoint any Cabinet ministers!Packed with more than 200 full-colour photographs, The Duke of Wellington in 100 Objects will show the world the objects he touched, or which touched him, in the life of one of the most outstanding characters Britain has ever produced.
Download or read book Redcoat written by Richard Holmes and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the letters and diaries of the British soldiers who served as the backbone of the army from 1760 to 1860, this illuminating book is rich in the history of a fascinating era. of illustrations.
Book Synopsis Romanticism, History, Historicism by : Damian Walford Davies
Download or read book Romanticism, History, Historicism written by Damian Walford Davies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "(re)turn to history" in Romantic Studies in the 1980s marked the beginning of a critical orthodoxy that continues to condition, if not define, our sense of the Romantic period twenty-five years on. Romantic New Historicism’s revisionary engagements have played a central role in the realignment of the field and in the expansion of the Romantic canon. In this major new collection of eleven essays, critics reflect on New Historicism’s inheritance, its achievements and its limitations. Integrating a self-reflexive engagement with New Historicism’s "history" and detailed attention to a range of Romantic lives and literary texts, the collection offers a close-up view of Romanticism’s hybrid present, and a dynamic vision of its future.
Book Synopsis The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J., 1834-1851 by : Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
Download or read book The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J., 1834-1851 written by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Controversies in Applied Linguistics by : Barbara Seidlhofer
Download or read book Controversies in Applied Linguistics written by Barbara Seidlhofer and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2003 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are several issues in English teaching on which applied linguists take very different positions: e.g. linguistic imperialism, the validity of critical discourse analysis, the pedagogic relevance of corpus descriptions of language, the theoretical bases of second language acquisition research, the nature of applied linguistics itself. This book presents exchanges between scholars arguing different positions, and directs attention to the key points at issue.
Book Synopsis Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington by : Philip Henry Stanhope
Download or read book Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington written by Philip Henry Stanhope and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wellington's Wars by : Huw J. Davies
Download or read book Wellington's Wars written by Huw J. Davies and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, lives on in popular memory as the "Invincible General," loved by his men, admired by his peers, formidable to his opponents. This incisive book revises such a portrait, offering an accurate--and controversial--new analysis of Wellington's remarkable military career. Unlike his nemesis Napoleon, Wellington was by no means a man of innate military talent, Huw J. Davies argues. Instead, the key to Wellington's military success was an exceptionally keen understanding of the relationship between politics and war.Drawing on extensive primary research, Davies discusses Wellington's military apprenticeship in India, where he learned through mistakes as well as successes how to plan campaigns, organize and use intelligence, and negotiate with allies. In India Wellington encountered the constant political machinations of indigenous powers, and it was there that he apprenticed in the crucial skill of balancing conflicting political priorities. In later campaigns and battles, including the Peninsular War and Waterloo, Wellington's genius for strategy, operations, and tactics emerged. For his success in the art of war, he came to rely on his art as a politician and tactician. This strikingly original book shows how Wellington made even unlikely victories possible--with a well-honed political brilliance that underpinned all of his military achievements.
Download or read book Life of the Duke of Wellington written by and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis "The Iron Duke."Memoirs of the Duke of Wellington. From Authentic Sources by : Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
Download or read book "The Iron Duke."Memoirs of the Duke of Wellington. From Authentic Sources written by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Iron Duke written by Lawrence James and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-02 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Lord Wellington don't know how to lose a battle.' The view of an anonymous soldier at Waterloo became the judgement of the world on the man who was hailed as the first general of his age. Wellington taught himself the art of war in India where his hard-fought victories helped lay the foundations of the British Raj. His armies liberated Portugal and Spain, shattered the myth of French invincibility and inspired the people of Europe to resist Napoleon. This is also the story of a humane, intelligent and acerbic aristocrat who created the remarkable intelligence and logistical services that were the keys to his victories. Those victories, in turn, led to his being honoured by his countrymen who saw him as 'the highest incarnation of English character'. Largely drawn from original sources, The Iron Duke explores the life of Wellington the soldier, explaining how he waged war and why he won battles. Praise for The Iron Duke: 'It's a cracking trot through the great Duke's military career - and gives due attention to the early Flanders and Indian campaigns - and puts it (and him) into its political and social context. Not uncritical, it highlights his genius and covers key topics such as intelligence and logistics comprehensively for such a modest volume' - Goodreads review Lawrence James is a British historian, writer and the author of The Savage Wars: British Campaigns in Africa, 1870-1920 and The Golden Warrior: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia.
