Author: Lord William Pitt LennoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Three Years with the Duke, Or Wellington in Private Life
Author: Lord William Pitt LennoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The New quarterly review, and digest of current literature
Author: Mount Lebanon
Author: Charles Henry ChurchillPublisher:
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Category : Druzes
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Byron and the Websters
Author: John StewartPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786484373
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Arguably the most offensive, despised, and ridiculed dandy of the Regency period, Sir James Webster-Wedderburn would likely be forgotten were it not for an affair between his wife and his close friend, the poet Lord Byron. This unique work lays out the details and provides commentary on rare private letters between Webster's wife, Lady Frances Caroline Annesley, and the famous poet. Also included are analyses and transcriptions of Lady Frances' letters to other suitors, including the Duke of Wellington and another Regency dandy, Scrope Davies.
Wellington: Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1814–1852
Author: Rory MuirPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300214049
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
The preeminent Wellington biographer presents a fascinating reassessment of the Duke’s most famous victory and his political career after Waterloo. The Duke of Wellington’s momentous victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo 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 Robert 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 legendary hero. Muir presents new insights into Wellington’s determination to keep peace at home and abroad, achieved by maintaining good relations with the Continental powers, resisting radical agitation, and granting political equality to the Catholics in Ireland. Countering one-dimensional image of Wellington as a national hero, Muir paints a nuanced portrait of a man whose austere public demeanor belied his entertaining, gossipy, generous, and unpretentious private self.
Confidence, a Tale
Author: Elizabeth Amelia GeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Sabina; a Sicilian Tale of the Thirteenth Century
Author: John Brampton PhilpotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Castle St. Laure
Author: Castle St. LaureMen of the Time
Author: Herbert Anneslie: a reminiscence
Author: Fulwar Craven FowlePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description