Author: sir James Carmichael Smyth (1st bart.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Chronological epitome of the wars in the Low countries, from the Peace of the Pyrenees in 1659, to that of Paris in 1815
Author: sir James Carmichael Smyth (1st bart.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
The Wars of Marlborough, 1702-1709
Author: Frank TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
The Flawed Genius of William Playfair
Author: David R. BellhousePublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487545045
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
A product of the Scottish Enlightenment, William Playfair (1759–1823) worked as a statistician, economist, engineer, banker, land speculator, scam artist, and political propagandist. It has been claimed – erroneously – that Playfair was a spy for the British government and ran a forging operation to print the paper money of the French Revolution. The Flawed Genius of William Playfair offers a complete account of Playfair’s life, richly contextualized in the economic, political, and cultural history of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. The book explores the many peaks and troughs of Playfair’s career, ranging from moderate prosperity to bankruptcy and imprisonment. Through careful analysis, David R. Bellhouse shows that Playfair was neither a spy nor a forger, but perhaps briefly a one-time courier for a government minister. Bellhouse pieces together as complete a picture as possible of the forging operations supported by the British government and illuminates Playfair’s lasting contributions in economics and statistics, where he is known as the father of statistical graphics. Disputing the misinformation about the man, The Flawed Genius of William Playfair highlights that the truth about Playfair’s life is often more intriguing than the fictions that surround him.
Edwards's Military Catalogue
Author: Francis Edwards (Firm)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
The War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714
Author: James FalknerPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1781590311
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The War of the Spanish Succession, fought between 1701 and 1714 to decide who should inherit the Spanish throne, was a conflict on an unprecedented scale, stretching across most of western Europe, the high seas and the Americas. Yet this major subject is not well known and is little understood. That is why the publication of James Falkner's absorbing new study is so timely and important. rn In a clear and perceptive narrative he describes and analyses the complex political manoeuvres and a series of military campaigns which also involved the threat posed by Ottoman Turks in the east and Sweden and Russia in the north. Fighting took place not just in Europe but in the Americas and Canada, and on the high seas. All European powers, large and small, were involved France, Spain, Great Britain, Holland, Austria and Portugal were the major players.rn The end result of eleven years of outright war was a French prince firmly established on the throne in Madrid and a division of the old Spanish empire. More notably though, French power, previously so dominant, was curbed for almost ninety years.
Catalogue of the Library of the Royal United Service Institution
Author: Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Cossacks. A Memoir, Presented to H.M. the Emperor of Russia in 1816 ... Translated from the French. By Captain George Gall
Author: Konstantin Khristoforovich BENKENDORFPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Author: Sir Phelim O'DOODLE
Author: Carl von DECKER
Author: