Marlborough
By: J.R. Jones.
Series: British lives
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, 1650-1722; Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography; Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography; Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Biography; Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography
Description: This study sets Marlborough's career in its contexts: the royal Court of the last Stuart monarchs, the desperate struggle against French attempts to establish hegemony in western Europe and the bitter political strife in Britain between the Whig and the Tory parties.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.