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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Art. II.? Supplementary Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field-Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington, K.G. Edited by his Son, the Duke of Wellington, K.G. Vols. VI., VIL, VIIL London: 1860,1861. A7E respect the filial pride which induces the Duke of Wellington to complete the records of his father's correspondence. The Supplementary Despatches of the great Duke throw light on several parts of his career which the Gurwood' series had left untouched, and, bringing us more closely in contact with the man at all points of his memorable life, convey a still more perfect notion of his individual genius and character. In the three volumes we are about to examine we see, for the first time, the views of the Duke in reference to the Copenhagen expedition, and to the projected attack on New Spain, which possibly contributed to the Peninsular War; and we gather from them much valuable information respecting the military and political events which marked our continental struggle with Napoleon. No other work contains so full and accurate an account of the difficulties thrown in Wellington's path by the incapacity of the feeble governments which ruled England from 1808 to 1814; and we doubt if even the 'Gur- ' wood Despatches' disclose more clearly the arduous tasks which were cast on him as a general and a statesman. Independently too of its positive worth, this book possesses a negative value which induces us to commend its publication. Exhausting, as it does, the correspondence of the Duke, and revealing to us his public life from the inner side in all its details, it brings his character to the strictest test; and Englishmen must rejoice to learn that in no respect will it really detract from their estimate of their great fellow-countryman. If it shows that Wellington was not om...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217346931 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217346936 |
| Weight | 1.55 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.07 In |
| List Price | $33.96 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 482 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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