Author: Admiral Aplin shipPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Intercepted letters. Letters intercepted on board the Admiral Aplin, captured by the French and inserted by the French government in the Moniteur
Author: Admiral Aplin shipIntercepted letters. Letters intercepted on board the Admiral Aplin, captured by the French; and inserted by the French government in the Moniteur, and two supplementary sheets, of the 16th September 1804
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Category : Admiral Aplin (Ship)
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Intercepted Letters
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Category : Admiral Aplin (Ship)
Languages : en
Pages : 122
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The Annual Review, and History of Literature
Author: Wellington
Author: Rory MuirPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300198604
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 693
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The leading Wellington historian’s fascinating reassessment of the Iron Duke’s most famous victory and his role in the turbulent politics after Waterloo. For Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington, his 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. Muir presents new insights into Wellington’s determination to keep peace at home and abroad, achieved by maintaining good relations with the Continental powers and resisting radical agitation while granting political equality to the Catholics in Ireland rather than risk civil war. And countering one-dimensional pictures of Wellington as a national hero, Muir paints a portrait of a well-rounded man whose austere demeanor on the public stage belied his entertaining, gossipy, generous, and unpretentious private self. “[An] authoritative and enjoyable conclusion to a two-part biography.” —Lawrence James, Times (London) “Muir conveys the military, political, social and personal sides of Wellington’s career with equal brilliance. This will be the leading work on the subject for decades.” —Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon and Wellington: The Long Duel
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