Wellington: A Personal History
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The Iron Duke (1769-1852), Napoleon's greatest antagonist, finally ended his global ambitions at the battle of Waterloo in 1815. British historian Christopher Hibbert cogently chronicles Wellington's achievements as a military strategist and Tory prime minister, but his probing biography is even more notable for its shrewd and subtle assessment of the duke's layered personality. Famous for his sardonic wit and towering temper, an indifferent husband and severe father, forbiddingly aloof yet capable of enormous charm, Wellington the private man is as fascinating as the public one in this smoothly written, solidly researched account.
The New York Times Book Review, Roy Jenkins
The narrative pace is at once spanking and smooth. There are no inaccuracies to offend the historian, no solecisms to irritate the fastidious and no longeurs to weary the general reader. All the old anecdotes are there (which is right, for they, like the old songs, are mostly the best ones), although they are sometimes indulgently recalled and then austerely rejected as being apocryphal.
Wellington: A Personal History
Wellington: A Personal History,Christopher Hibbert,Perseus Books,0201632322,Biography,Biography & Autobiography,Biography / Autobiography,Biography/Autobiography,Generals,Great Britain,Great Britain - History - 19th Century,Historical - British,Historical - General,Military,Political,Statesmen,Wellington, Arthur Wellesley
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