The Rise Of Wellington

In this short but eminently concentrated biography, Field-Marshal "Bobs" Roberts V.C., who was among the best loved of all British commanding officers reviews the military achievements of one of the most successful British generals, the Duke of Wellington. Eschewing any attempt to cover the Duke's later life in politics or his private life; Lord Roberts focusses on the Duke of Wellington's rise from lowly rank to Napoleon's nemesis at Waterloo. As the author himself begins his book; "THE militar