All the king's men : the British soldier from the Restoration to Waterloo / Saul David.
All the king's men : the British soldier from the Restoration to Waterloo / Saul David.
All the king's men : the British soldier from the Restoration to Waterloo / Saul David.
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Publisher
London : Viking, 2012.
Date
2012.
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N356.10941/15
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 573 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.The Restoration Soldier -- 2.The F̀irst' Churchill -- 3.William's Wars -- 4.The War of the Spanish Succession -- 5.The March to the Danube -- 6.Blenheim -- 7.The Two Georges -- 8.James Wolfe -- 9.The Seven Years War -- 10.Quebec -- 11.The Heights of Abraham -- 12.T...
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London : Viking, 2012.
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England
Date Published
2012.
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Summary
"The British soldier", wrote a Prussian officer who served with Wellington, "is vigorous, well fed, by nature highly brave and intrepid, trained to the most vigorous discipline, and admirably well armed...These circumstances explain how this army ...has never yet been defeated in the field". From the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the Downfal...
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All the king's men : the British soldier from the Restoration to Waterloo / Saul David.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N356.10941/15
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74VvrdrzLZ8Z
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ISBN
0670916633 (hbk.)
9780670916634 (hbk.)
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356.1094109033
MMS ID
991011229979702626
