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Wellington: Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1814–1852 (Volume 2)
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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “First Edition/First Printing! Minor read/shelf wear.”
- ISBN
- 9780300187861
- Book Title
- Wellington : Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1814-1852
- Item Length
- 1in
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.2in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Modern / 18th Century, Cultural Heritage, Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Modern / 19th Century, Europe / Great Britain / General, Political, Historical, Military
- Item Width
- 0.7in
- Item Weight
- 49.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 728 Pages
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From the leading Wellington historian, a fascinating reassessment of the Duke's most famous victory and his role in the turbulent politics after Waterloo Wellington's 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.
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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300187866
ISBN-13
9780300187861
eBay Product ID (ePID)
205595956
Product Key Features
Book Title
Wellington : Waterloo and the Fortunes of Peace 1814-1852
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Modern / 18th Century, Cultural Heritage, Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Modern / 19th Century, Europe / Great Britain / General, Political, Historical, Military
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
728 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
1in
Item Height
0.2in
Item Width
0.7in
Item Weight
49.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Da68.12.W4m85 2013
Reviews
"[An] authoritative and enjoyable conclusion to a two-part biography. Muir's treatment of Wellington the general was methodical, but he handles Wellington the politician with flair and, importantly, penetrates his mind . . . This excellent biography should be compulsory reading for all Conservative ministers, MPs and prospective candidates since it will serve to remind them of the value of sober, dispassionate judgement and the duties and disciplines of public service."--Lawrence James, The Times "After forty years, we finally have a definitive new life of the Duke of Wellington. Rory 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 "Rory Muir is one of the foremost historians of the Napoleonic period. This is the richest biography of the Iron Duke in many years, brimming with originality and not shy of controversy."--John Bew, author of Castlereagh: Enlightenment, War and Tyranny "Vivid, engaging and hugely readable. From it emerges a nuanced and well-rounded sense of Wellington the man, military hero, politician and public servant. Readers will gain much insight, knowledge and enjoyment from reading Muir's authoritative portrait of one of the great figures of nineteenth-century Britain."--Angus Hawkins, author of The Forgotten Prime Minister, the 14th Earl of Derby "In 1818 the Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool, offered Wellington a place in his government. The Duke replied with a word of caution which just about summarizes his whole approach to politics. 'The experience which I have acquired during my long service abroad has convinced me that a factious opposition to the government is highly injurious to the interests of the country; and thinking as I do now I could not become a party to such an opposition, and I wish that this may be clearly understood by those persons with whom I am now about to engage as colleagues in government.' The Duke has often been summarized as a brilliant general who was hopeless in politics. Anyone reading Rory Muir's book will have to think this through again. Muir gives a painstaking and brilliant account of the actual Battle of Waterloo - but in his analysis of the difficult years which followed, he argues that the Duke never forgot his guiding principle, that the King's government has to be carried on."--Douglas Hurd, former UK Foreign Secretary and author of Robert Peel, "[An] authoritative and enjoyable conclusion to a two-part biography. Muir's treatment of Wellington the general was methodical, but he handles Wellington the politician with flair and , importantly, penetrates his mind . . . This excellent biography should be compulsory reading for all Conservative ministers, MPs and prospective candidates since it will serve to remind them of the value of sober, dispassionate judgement and the duties and disciplines of public service."--Lawrence James, the Times "In 1818 the Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool, offered Wellington a place in his government. The Duke replied with a word of caution which just about summarizes his whole approach to politics. 'The experience which I have acquired during my long service abroad has convinced me that a factious opposition to the government is highly injurious to the interests of the country; and thinking as I do now I could not become a party to such an opposition, and I wish that this may be clearly understood by those persons with whom I am now about to engage as colleagues in government.' The Duke has often been summarized as a brilliant general who was hopeless in politics. Anyone reading Rory Muir's book will have to think this through again. Muir gives a painstaking and brilliant account of the actual Battle of Waterloo - but in his analysis of the difficult years which followed, he argues that the Duke never forgot his guiding principle, that the King's government has to be carried on."--Douglas Hurd, former UK Foreign Secretary and author of Robert Peel "After forty years, we finally have a definitive new life of the Duke of Wellington. Rory 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 "Rory Muir is one of the foremost historians of the Napoleonic period. This is the richest biography of the Iron Duke in many years, brimming with originality and not shy of controversy."--John Bew, author of Castlereagh: Enlightenment, War and Tyranny "Vivid, engaging and hugely readable. From it emerges a nuanced and well-rounded sense of Wellington the man, military hero, politician and public servant. Readers will gain much insight, knowledge and enjoyment from reading Muir's authoritative portrait of one of the great figures of nineteenth-century Britain."--Angus Hawkins, author of The Forgotten Prime Minister, the 14th Earl of Derby, '[A] superb biography, which is as provocative as it is thorough, and as attractive as it is scrupulous.'--Ferdinand Mount, TLS. , "[An] authoritative and enjoyable conclusion to a two-part biography. Muir's treatment of Wellington the general was methodical, but he handles Wellington the politician with flair and , importantly, penetrates his mind . . . This excellent biography should be compulsory reading for all Conservative ministers, MPs and prospective candidates since it will serve to remind them of the value of sober, dispassionate judgement and the duties and disciplines of public service."--Lawrence James, Times (London) "After forty years, we finally have a definitive new life of the Duke of Wellington. Rory 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 "Rory Muir is one of the foremost historians of the Napoleonic period. This is the richest biography of the Iron Duke in many years, brimming with originality and not shy of controversy."--John Bew, author of Castlereagh: Enlightenment, War and Tyranny "Vivid, engaging and hugely readable. From it emerges a nuanced and well-rounded sense of Wellington the man, military hero, politician and public servant. Readers will gain much insight, knowledge and enjoyment from reading Muir's authoritative portrait of one of the great figures of nineteenth-century Britain."--Angus Hawkins, author of The Forgotten Prime Minister, the 14th Earl of Derby "In 1818 the Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool, offered Wellington a place in his government. The Duke replied with a word of caution which just about summarizes his whole approach to politics. 'The experience which I have acquired during my long service abroad has convinced me that a factious opposition to the government is highly injurious to the interests of the country; and thinking as I do now I could not become a party to such an opposition, and I wish that this may be clearly understood by those persons with whom I am now about to engage as colleagues in government.' The Duke has often been summarized as a brilliant general who was hopeless in politics. Anyone reading Rory Muir's book will have to think this through again. Muir gives a painstaking and brilliant account of the actual Battle of Waterloo - but in his analysis of the difficult years which followed, he argues that the Duke never forgot his guiding principle, that the King's government has to be carried on."--Douglas Hurd, former UK Foreign Secretary and author of Robert Peel, 'This splendid biography makes substantial claims for Wellington... but it backs up these claims vigorously and convincingly. It is revisionist biography in the best sense'--Andrew Roberts, Mail on Sunday . , "Vivid, engaging and hugely readable. From it emerges a nuanced and well-rounded sense of Wellington the man, military hero, politician and public servant. Readers will gain much insight, knowledge and enjoyment from reading Muir's authoritative portrait of one of the great figures of nineteenth-century Britain."--Angus Hawkins, author of The Forgotten Prime Minister, the 14th Earl of Derby, '[An] authoritative and enjoyable conclusion to a two-part biography. Muir's treatment of Wellington the general was methodical, but he handles Wellington the politician with flair and , importantly, penetrates his mind... This excellent biography should be compulsory reading for all Conservative ministers, MPs and prospective candidates since it will serve to remind them of the value of sober, dispassionate judgement and the duties and disciplines of public service.' --Lawrence James, the Times. , "[An] authoritative and enjoyable conclusion to a two-part biography. Muir's treatment of Wellington the general was methodical, but he handles Wellington the politician with flair and , importantly, penetrates his mind . . . This excellent biography should be compulsory reading for all Conservative ministers, MPs and prospective candidates since it will serve to remind them of the value of sober, dispassionate judgement and the duties and disciplines of public service."--Lawrence James, the Times "In 1818 the Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool, offered Wellington a place in his government. The Duke replied with a word of caution which just about summarizes his whole approach to politics. 'The experience which I have acquired during my long service abroad has convinced me that a factious opposition to the government is highly injurious to the interests of the country; and thinking as I do now I could not become a party to such an opposition, and I wish that this may be clearly understood by those persons with whom I am now about to engage as colleagues in government.' The Duke has often been summarized as a brilliant general who was hopeless in politics. Anyone reading Rory Muir's book will have to think this through again. Muir gives a painstaking and brilliant account of the actual Battle of Waterloo - but in his analysis of the difficult years which followed, he argues that the Duke never forgot his guiding principle, that the King's government has to be carried on."--Douglas Hurd, former UK Foreign Secretary and author of Robert Peel "After forty years, we finally have a definitive new life of the Duke of Wellington. Rory 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 "Rory Muir is one of the foremost historians of the Napoleonic period. This is the richest biography of the Iron Duke in many years, brimming with originality and not shy of controversy."--John Bew, author of Castlereagh: Enlightenment, War and Tyranny "Vivid, engaging and hugely readable. From it emerges a nuanced and well-rounded sense of Wellington the man, military hero, politician and public servant. Readers will gain much insight, knowledge and enjoyment from reading Muir's authoritative portrait of one of the great figures of nineteenth-century Britain."--Angus Hawkins, author of The Forgotten Prime Minister, the 14th Earl of Derby, 'The fruit of more than thirty years labour, Rory Muir's two-volume life of Wellington is a monumental achievement that will not be bettered for a generation.'--Saul David, Literary Review .
Copyright Date
2013
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2013-018606
Dewey Decimal
388.099
Dewey Edition
23
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Yes
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