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082 00 $a941.07092$aB$223
100 1 $aMuir, Rory,$d1962-
245 10 $aWellington /$cRory Muir.
264 1 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[2013]-
300 $avolumes :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gv. 1.$tThe path to victory, 1769-1814. -- Part I: Obscurity and dependence. -- An unsettled childhood (1769-88) -- Coming of age in Ireland (1788-93) -- Love and war (1792-96) -- Part II: India and independence. -- Arrival in India (1796-98) -- Mornington and the Indian scene -- Seringapatam (1798-99) -- The Mysore years (1799-1802) -- The restoration of the Peshwa (1802-03) -- The Maratha War (1803) -- Farewell to India (1804-05) -- Part III: War, politics, fame and controversy. -- Return to England (September 1805-March 1807) -- Chief Secretary for Ireland (1807) -- Copenhagen (July-September 1807) -- Dublin and Westminster (October 1807-July 1808) -- Vimeiro and Cintra (July-September 1808) -- The Cintra Inquiry (September-December 1808) -- Politics, scandal and Wellesley's return to Portugal (January-April 1809) -- Part IV: Adversity and triumph in the Peninsula. -- Oporto (April-May 1809) -- Talavera (June-August 1809) -- Misery on the Guadiana (August-December 1809) -- Preparing for the storm (December 1809-June 1810) -- Busaco (July-September 1810) -- Torres Vedras (October 1810-February 1811) -- The pursuit of Massena (February-April 1811) -- Fuentes de Onoro (April-June 1811) -- Ciudad Rodrigo (July 1811-January 1812) -- Badajoz (February-April 1812) -- Salamanca (April-July 1812) -- Madrid and Burgos (July-November 1812) -- Life at headquarters -- Vitoria (December 1812-June 1813) -- The Pyrenees (July-September 1813) -- Crossing the frontier (September-December 1813) -- Toulouse and the end of the war (January-April 1814) -- Epilogue -- Online commentary -- Digest and chronology of Wellingtons life and career to 1814 --$gv. 2.$tWaterloo and the fortunes of peace, 1814-1852.
520 $aThe Duke of Wellington was not just Britainʹs greatest soldier, although his seismic struggles as leader of the Allied forces against Napoleon in the Peninsular War deservedly became the stuff of British national legend. Wellington was much more: a man of vision beyond purely military matters, a politically astute thinker, and a canny diplomat as well as lover, husband, and friend. Rory Muirʹs masterful new biography, the first of a two-volume set, is the fruit of a lifetimeʹs research and discovery into Wellington and his times. The author brings Wellington into much sharper focus than ever before, addressing his masterstrokes and mistakes in equal measure. Muir looks at all aspects of Wellingtonʹs career, from his unpromising youth through his remarkable successes in India and his role as junior minister in charge of Ireland, to his controversial military campaigns. With dramatic descriptions of major battles and how they might have turned out differently, the author underscores the magnitude of Wellingtonʹs achievements. The biography is the first to address the major significance of Wellingtonʹs political connections and shrewdness, and to set his career within the wider history of British politics and the war against Napoleon. The volume also revises Wellingtonʹs reputation for being cold and aloof, showing instead a man of far more complex and interesting character. -- Publisher description.
546 $aText in English.
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