Wellington : Waterloo and the fortunes of peace, 1814-1852
Muir, Rory, 1962-2015
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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.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.
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672 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300187861 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.07092941.0709B
Language:
English
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BRN:
1802098