Wellington
by Longford, Elizabeth
Published by : Harper & Row (New York) Physical details: xxiii, 548 p. Year: 1969| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | 941.07092 Lon (Browse shelf) | Available | Memorial | 36235 |
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Includes Index
Retained for life --
Odd man out --
Food for powder --
Ascendancy in the East --
Tigers of Mysore --
That is all India --
My dearest kitty --
The gilt potato --
My die is cast --
Cintra and Charybdis --
The hideous Leopard --
Retreat to Portugal --
They shall not pass --
The keys of Spain --
Grandeur and misery --
Vitoria --
Champagne and coffee --
See the conquering hero --
The grand disturber --
Where is nosey? --
Humbugged, by God! --
Quatre bras: The knotted rope --
Waterloo: the finger of providence.
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 subtley and full variety of Wellington's genius as well as the fascinating complexity of England in his time.