Paperback. Very Good. ISBN 0300186657 9780300186659 [GB]

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Yale University Press ISBN 0300186657 9780300186659 [GB]

Yale University Press, Date: 2013-12-03. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 6x2x9. Hardback first edition with dark blue cloth boards. Minimal outer shelf wear, pages are clean and unmarked and binding is sound. Prompt shipping. GJP 2013. Yale University Press ISBN 0300186657 9780300186659 [US]

ISBN10: 0300186657, ISBN13: 9780300186659, [publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven and London] Hardcover First Edition First edition, first printing (full number line). Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, red endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 43 illustrations and four maps. From the leading Wellington historian, this is 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 ...
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