Présentation de l'éditeur
Tms attempt to tell the story of the life and campaigns of theD uke of Marlborough has, like more important things, suffered from the war. It was well on its way to completion in theL ong Vacation of 1914 when a summons to duty at theW ar Office laid it aside and incidentally stopped a projected visit to Bavaria to study the battle-fields of Blenheim and theS chellenberg on the spot. Between August 4, 1914, and my demobilization in the stunmer of 1919 only scanty opportunities of continuing the attempt presented themselves in the shape of short periods of leave, and the book has had to contend against the broken character of the time available for its compilation. My main object has been to deal with Marlborough as a soldier, as the first man under whom theB ritish Army won important victories and achieved great things on the Continent of Europe. If Marlborough is entitled to a great place among Englishmen it is on his record as a soldier that his claim is based, it is his military achievements which entitle him to the gratitude and respect of his countrymen and may be set oflF against his intrigues with the monarch he had helped to dethrone. Moreover, of late years a good deal of evidence has become available in the publications of the Historical Manuscripts Commission and elsewhere which throws new light on some of his chief actions and has not as yet, as far as I am aware, been utilized for the purpose.
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