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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very enjoyable!
In contrast to the previous reviewer, I found this book very enjoyable. Mr. Guedalla has a droll sense of humor that was very refreshing. I have read several other biographies of Wellington so I did not receive much new information from this one. (However, to be fair, this book was written in the 1930's and so the more recent biographies cover the same ground as Mr...
Published on February 3, 2006 by Penelope A. Kendall
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
More style than substance, but still worth reading
The cover blurb calls Guedalla's style 'glittering' and 'epigrammatic'; I'd call it tortuous and frustrating. How sad that the definitive biography of the taciturn, straightforward Duke of Wellington is so wordy and vague.
Published on December 17, 1999 by Charlene Vickers
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very enjoyable!,
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This review is from: The Duke (Wordsworth Collection) (Paperback)
In contrast to the previous reviewer, I found this book very enjoyable. Mr. Guedalla has a droll sense of humor that was very refreshing. I have read several other biographies of Wellington so I did not receive much new information from this one. (However, to be fair, this book was written in the 1930's and so the more recent biographies cover the same ground as Mr. Guedalla, not vice versa.)Despite this, because of the excellent writing, I still strongly recommend this book.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
More style than substance, but still worth reading,
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This review is from: The Duke (Wordsworth Collection) (Paperback)
The cover blurb calls Guedalla's style 'glittering' and 'epigrammatic'; I'd call it tortuous and frustrating. How sad that the definitive biography of the taciturn, straightforward Duke of Wellington is so wordy and vague.
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The Duke by Philip Guedalla (Hardcover - April 2, 1976)
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