Wellington: Year of the Sword - Couverture rigide

Longford, E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1568520948 ISBN 13 : 9781568520940

Editeur : Konecky & Konecky Military Books, 1998

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Reissued for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo

The first Duke of Wellington's victory at Waterloo in 1815 is remembered as one of our nation's greatest triumphs and, two hundred years on, the 'Iron Duke' is still very much a public figure. But here, Jane Wellesley's family memoir paints an altogether more intimate and compelling portrait.

Jane journeys through the past, unearthing memories and secrets to illuminate her family tree. It is a saga peppered with fascinating characters: the 2nd Duke was a full-time eccentric and had his lawnmower pulled by an elephant; the 7th Duke, Jane's grandfather, worked for MI6; and Jane's grandmother's involvement with writer Vita Sackville-West created ripples in the Bloomsbury set as well as her marriage.

The Wellesley story shows how Wellington's descendants have lived on in the light of their ancestor's fame, and how a family is so much more than the history of one man.

Biographie de l'auteur :

The Countess of Longford is a CBE, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Hon. D.Litt of Sussex University. She is the author of several much-acclaimed works of biography.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Konecky & Konecky Military Books
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1568520948
• ISBN 13: 9781568520940
• Reliure: Relié