Title: Wellington
Description: Wellington's momentous victory over Napoleon was the culminating point of a brilliant military career. Yet Wellington's achievements were far from over: he commanded the allied army of occupation in France to the end of 1818, returned home to a seat in Lord Liverpool's cabinet, and became prime minister in 1828. He later served as a senior minister in Peel's government and remained Commander-in-Chief of the Army for a decade until his death in 1852. In this richly detailed work, the second and concluding volume of Rory Muir's definitive biography, the author offers a substantial reassessment of Wellington's significance as a politician and a nuanced view of the private man behind the legend of the selfless hero. Muir presents new insights into Wellington's determination to keep peace at home and abroad, achieved by maintaining good relations with the Continental powers and resisting radical agitation while granting political equality to the Catholics in Ireland rather than risk civil war.0And countering one-dimensional pictures of Wellington as a national hero, Muir paints a portrait of a well-rounded man whose austere demeanor on the public stage belied his entertaining, gossipy, generous, and unpretentious private self.
Subjects: Politics and government, Generals, Great Britain. Army, Great Britain, Military History, Prime ministers, Biography, History, Wellington, arthur wellesley, duke of, 1769-1852, Great britain, army, Generals, biography, Great britain, biography, Prime ministers, great britain, Great britain, history, military, Great britain, politics and government, 19th century, Histoire, Histoire militaire, Généraux, Biographies, Politique et gouvernement, Modern, Grande-Bretagne. Army, Grande-Bretagne
Places: Great Britain
People: Arthur Wellesley Wellington Duke of (1769-1852)
Time periods: 1789-1820, 19th century