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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Pages in clean unread/unused condition. Probably a new book but there is slight storage wear to dust cover so sold as very good condition. See images. A great book.

About the book >.>.> Praised by Queen Victoria as the greatestman this country has ever produced theDuke of Wellington had an unmatched careeras soldier politician and statesman. A frail childovershadowed by his siblings he would cometo be lauded as the man who defeatedNapoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. A man ofexacting preparation determination and tacticalbrilliance he founded his career on three greatmilitary triumphs. He helped to extend Britishrule in India defeated the French in Portugaland Spain and ended Napoleon’s ambitionsthereby paving the way for the creation ofthe British Empire. He twice served as PrimeMinister and acted as British envoy andconfidante to royalty during a crucial periodof British history. He recognised the needfor limited reform at home despite hisauthoritarian Tory instincts ushering in therepeal of the Test and Corporation Acts and theCatholic Emancipation bill which transformedthe British political landscape.Lavishly illustrated throughout withunique items from the British Library’sunparalleled collections this engagingbiography of Britain’s greatest general chartsthe life of a man whose reputation as the aloof’Iron Duke’ masked a complex man of strongpassions and with a keen awareness of hispublic persona.