The Duke of Wellington was not just Britain's 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 Muir's masterful new biography, the first of a two-volume set, is the fruit of a lifetime's research and discovery into Wellington and his ...
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The Duke of Wellington was not just Britain's 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 Muir's masterful new biography, the first of a two-volume set, is the fruit of a lifetime's 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 Wellington's 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 Wellington's achievements. The biography is the first to address the major significance of Wellington's 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 Wellington's reputation for being cold and aloof, showing instead a man of far more complex and interesting character.
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Fine in Fine jacket. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. First edition. First printing, with full number line including the 1. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, red endpapers. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean copy. Thick octavo, xiv + 2 + 713 pages, with 43 illustrations and 4 maps. The second and concluding volume of Rory Muirs definitive biography of the Duke of Wellington, covering his career from the aftermath of Waterloo through his political life as prime minister and later senior cabinet member. Muir reassesses Wellingtons role as a statesman and private individual, emphasizing his efforts to maintain European peace and avoid domestic unrest, including the push for Catholic emancipation. Muir is a leading authority on the Duke of Wellington. The first volume is titled: "Wellington: The Path to Victory, 17691814" (Yale, 2013). Together, the two volumes are considered the most comprehensive modern biography of Wellington, praised for their archival depth and narrative clarity. Muir, an Australian historian, is also the author of "Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon" (Yale, 1998), which helped establish his reputation as a meticulous scholar of Napoleonic warfare.
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