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"The Rise of Wellington" is a quality reprint of a 1895 biography of Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington, itself the book version of an extended article previously published in the Pall Mall Magazine.
The Duke of Wellington, famously victorious at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo, is one of the premier military leaders in British and European history. His biographer in this instance was Lord Frederick Roberts, himself a winner of the Victoria Cross and one of the foremost British generals of the Victorian era. Roberts brings his considerable military background and expertise to this concise narrative of the military career of the Duke of Wellington. Roberts divides his biography into three parts, covering Wellington's military and political apprenticeship in India during 1797-1805, his leadership of the British expeditionary force in Portugal and Spain against the Imperial French Army in 1808-1814, and his leadership of a combined Anglo-Dutch army against Napoleon himself during the Waterloo campaign of 1815. Roberts summarizes the various campaigns and battles of each period in workmanlike fashion, but the real value of the narrative is his periodic analysis of Wellington as a commander. Roberts is well acquainted with the history and prepared to render honest judgement on Wellington's accomplishments and failings. His prose is simple, clear, and highly readable, and supported by a small selection of maps and sketch portraits. "The Rise of Wellington" is highly recommended as an analysis of Wellington's generalship by another and very accomplished British general.
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THE military career of Wellington naturally divides itself into three periods-the Indian period, the Peninsular period, and the period during which he commanded the Allied Forces in the Netherlands, terminating in the battle of Waterloo. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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General Wellesley, Quatre Bras, British Government, Ciudad Rodrigo, Raja of Berar, Colonel Wellesley, French Emperor, East India Company, Government of India, Sir Hew Dalrymple, Torres Vedras, Prince of Orange, Lord Castlereagh, Peninsular War, Sir John Moore, General Baird, General Lake, Bajee Rao, General Harris, Lord Hill, Low Countries, San Sebastian, General Hill, Horse Guards, Lord Cathcart New!
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THE military career of Wellington naturally divides itself into three periods-the Indian period, the Peninsular period, and the period during which he commanded the Allied Forces in the Netherlands, terminating in the battle of Waterloo. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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General Wellesley, Quatre Bras, British Government, Ciudad Rodrigo, Raja of Berar, Colonel Wellesley, French Emperor, East India Company, Government of India, Sir Hew Dalrymple, Torres Vedras, Prince of Orange, Lord Castlereagh, Peninsular War, Sir John Moore, General Baird, General Lake, Bajee Rao, General Harris, Lord Hill, Low Countries, San Sebastian, General Hill, Horse Guards, Lord Cathcart New!
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- Cavalry in the Waterloo Campaign by Sir Evelyn Wood in Front Matter
- The Rise Of Wellington by Frederick Roberts in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Napoleon and Wellington: The Battle of Waterloo--and the Great Commanders Who Fought It by Andrew Roberts in Back Matter
- The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India: The Struggle for Control of the South Asian Military Economy by Randolf G. S. Cooper in Back Matter
- England and France in the Mediterranean, 1660-1830 by Walter Frewen Lord in Back Matter
- Duke of Wellington a Bibliography (Meckler's bibliographies of British statesmen) by Michael Stephen Partridge on page 144
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