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Marlborough's Wars - Volume 2-1707-1709 (Paperback)
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Marlborough's Wars - Volume 2-1707-1709 (Paperback)
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It is a trait of any nation's regard for it's great men that its
focus falls upon few and each eclipses those that precede it.
Exceptionally, for the British, the fame of Duke of Wellington, who
brought to book the great tyrant of his age, has thus far endured
where fine commanders who came after him are all but forgotten in
the popular mind. The names of Clive, Roberts and Kitchener are now
seldom celebrated despite their deserved fame in their lifetimes.
John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, perhaps suffers from belonging
to an age nearly a century before Arthur Wellesley began his
career. Yet in Marlborough the nation has certainly its first great
military man and almost certainly one who stands equal, if not
higher, than any who came after him. A political genius as well as
a military one, Marlborough often managed to achieve victory when
his own allies conspired to prevent him. Yet more remarkable was
that Marlborough was able to cooperate with another great commander
of his time, Prince Eugene of Savoy. Marlborough's Wars were fought
against the ancient enemy-the military might and the pervasive
influence of the France of the Bourbons.
Volume two of Taylor's fine history carries the reader once again
to war with Marlborough and includes more of the battles which
comprise the earliest and most highly regarded carried out by the
regiments of the British Army. Here the reader will discover
Oudenarde, Tournai and Malplaquet among others. An excellent
history in every way and essential for any student of the genius of
military command.
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