To War with Wellington by Peter Snow
The story of one of the world's greatest soldiers - and the men who fought with him.
A superb account of what it must have been like serving under Britain's greatest - but also most exacting - soldier * Andrew Roberts, Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year *
FascinatingHistory written as it should be: entertaining and informative * Independent on Sunday *
Dramatic, often moving, sometimes shocking . . . Snow's story is far more powerful than fiction * Herald *
The bloodcurdling (and surprisingly steamy) soldiers' diaries that reveal how Britain trounced Napoleon in battle * Daily Mail *
Snow's descriptions of battles . . . are unrivalled * Oxford Times *
A refreshingly accessible portrait of one of Britain's greatest generals, it will take some beating * Yorkshire Evening Post *
A must-read * Heritage Today *
'Snow writes with tremendous elan and his appraisal of Wellington is scrupulously fair' * Mail on Sunday *
FascinatingHistory written as it should be: entertaining and informative * Independent on Sunday *
Dramatic, often moving, sometimes shocking . . . Snow's story is far more powerful than fiction * Herald *
The bloodcurdling (and surprisingly steamy) soldiers' diaries that reveal how Britain trounced Napoleon in battle * Daily Mail *
Snow's descriptions of battles . . . are unrivalled * Oxford Times *
A refreshingly accessible portrait of one of Britain's greatest generals, it will take some beating * Yorkshire Evening Post *
A must-read * Heritage Today *
'Snow writes with tremendous elan and his appraisal of Wellington is scrupulously fair' * Mail on Sunday *
Peter Snow is a highly respected journalist, author and broadcaster. He was ITN's Diplomatic and Defence Correspondent from 1966 to 1979, and presented Newsnight from 1980 to 1997. An indispensable part of election nights, he has also covered military matters on and off the world's battlefields for forty years. Peter is married and has six children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848541047 |
| ISBN 10 | 184854104X |
| Title | To War with Wellington |
| Author | Peter Snow |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2011-05-12 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
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