1969, ISBN: 4b406c9bd3a8cf7b5d0f34373008b3ad

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[PU: NY & Evanston IL. 1969.Harper & Row.], Jacket, large, thick brown embossed cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic cover. vg cond. binding square & tight. covers have … Más…

[PU: NY & Evanston IL. 1969.Harper & Row.], Jacket, large, thick brown embossed cloth hardbound 8vo. dustwrapper in protective plastic cover. vg cond. binding square & tight. covers have couple of faint spots, spine shows minor wear. edges clean. old bookplate inside front cover, otherwise contents free of all markings. price clipped dustwrapper in vg cond. 2" tear on front, spine top missing little pieces, couple of corners rubbed away. first US edition so stated. first printing ( nap). high quality book club edition. illustrated endpapers. deckled foredge (looks "hand cut"). xxiii+548p.+ "about the author". 10 maps. 56 glossy b&w illustrations. select bibliography. references. index. calendar of events . ~ biography. world history. napoleonic wars. british empire. english history. peninsular campaign.~" For most of us Wellington equals Waterloo. But Waterloo was one peak only in the career of this phenomenal man, and it is the achievement of this major biography that it reveals the subtlety and full variety of Wellington's genius as well as the fascinating complexity of England in his time. He was born Arthur Wesley, third son of the Earl of Mornington, in 1769 ~the same year as Napoleon. His family, which belonged to the ruling caste of Englishmen in lreland, was long on the tradition of proud service to the King and chronically short of funds. Neither his childhood nor his years at Eton were happy; but when he went to Anjou at seventeen, to study at France's Royal Academy of Equitation, he came into his own, learned well, and emerged qualified and cosmopolitan. He joined the British Army as an ensign and, for the next few years, rose through the ranks. He courted Kitty Pakenham but her family would not allow his suit~his family was not rich enough~so he went to lndia at the age of twenty~seven still a bachelor. It was in lndia that he made his name. There he became a scholar and a soldier. He returned a Knight of the Bath, a major~general, a hero to his countrymen and acceptable, at last, to the Pakenhams. (He had courted Kitty by post over the twelve intervening years; it was scarcely surprising that the woman he married proved different indeed from the charming girl he had left.) When he was forty, the youngest lieutenant~general in the army, he took command of the allied armies in the Peninsular War. With Napoleon's downfall, abdication and exile to Elba, the hero of Europe began a gay career as ambassador to Paris. All the ladies, from the formidable Madame de Staël to the melting Signora Grassini, vied ~often successfully~for his favors. His behavior with them and as a diplomat caused some disquiet, and there was evident relief when he was dispatched to the Congress of Vienna. When word came of Napoleon's escape, Wellington took command once more, and after the spectacular eve~of~battle ball in Brussels, led the British and Dutch~Belgian armies to triumph at Waterloo. ".<

1971, ISBN: 4b406c9bd3a8cf7b5d0f34373008b3ad

Granada Publishing Limited, London, 656p. Angemessen: Rug iets hol; kreukjes kaftRomane (englisch) (Englischsprachige Bücher) 1971