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Wellington: The Iron Duke

di Richard Holmes

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Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britain's greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed the most serious threat to Napoleon. The Duke of Wellington's remarkable life and extraordinary campaigns are recreated with Holmes' superb skill in this compelling book. Richard Holmes charts Wellington's stellar military career from India to Europe, and in the process, rediscovers the reasons Queen Victoria called him the greatest man the nineteenth century had produced. Combining his astute historical analysis with a semi-biographical examination of Wellington, Holmes artfully illustrates the rapid evolution in military and political thinking of the time. Wellington is a brilliant figure, idealistic in politics, cynical in love, a wit, a beau, a man of enormous courage often sickened by war. As Richard Holmes charts his progress from a shy, indolent boy to commander-in-chief of the allied forces, he also exposes the Iron Duke as a philanderer, and a man who sometimes despised the men that he led, and was not always in control of his soldiers. Particularly infamous is the bestial rampage of his men after the capture of Cuidad Rodgrigo and Badajoz. THE IRON DUKE is a beautifully produced book, complete with stunning illustrations and colour plates. Richard Holmes' TV series to accompany THE IRON DUKE will be lavishly constructed in four parts, and filmed on location in Britain, India, Spain, Portugal, France and Belgium.… (altro)
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This is likely the best biography for the neophyte Wellington enthusiast (me) to read, well written but not overwhelming in detail or very long. Some but not a great deal about his early life and family, the main focus is on the Duke's fighting career--where he finds himself and recognizes his abilities-- in India, then on to the major battles of the Peninsular Wars and, of course, lastly, Waterloo. His 'afterlife' is more or less summarized with longer pauses on the high moments (such as Catholic Emancipation for Ireland--very much his achievement). Wellington was a master of the pithy remark and Holmes sprinkles these throughout. Bits and bobs about his social life, his marriage, almost nothing about his relationship to his own two sons . . . The ending of the biography was very moving as Holmes himself comes forward to say that the more he learned of the man the more he admired him. That isn't always the case, many biographers end up disillusioned. I am utterly captivated and fascinated by the man -- one of a rare breed who rise to meet a need, have no lust for power over others, for he retained a sense of balance throughout his life. I can't wait to learn more. **** ( )
  sibylline | Jan 29, 2024 |
Biografia de uno los militares y políticos más conocidos del Imperio Británico.
Seguramente el suceso que más fama le dió fue la victoria sobre Napoleón en Waterloo. Pero antes de llegar a ese punto, Wellington ya se había labrado una merecida fama como militar metódico y previsor. Comenzó a despuntar en la India, donde afianzo y amplió los dominios británicos en la región. Aunque la campaña que le encumbró en su ejército fue la que llevó a cabo en la Península Ibérica, frente a las tropas francesas que la ocupaban. Empezó asentando sus fuerzas, siempre en menor número que las enemigas, en territorio portugués, para ir entrando y liberando también España, del ejército napoleónico. No todo fueron victorias, en su trayectoria, también sufrió derrotas, pero supo perseverar en la lucha hasta el fin. La propia batalla de Waterloo pudo decantarse en distintos momentos hacia el lado francés, pero Wellington sacó lo mejor de sus hombres, así como de él mismo para ganarla.
Sus victorias le hicieron merecedor de multitud de títulos nobiliarios, y su prestigio le permitió llegar a ser primer ministro de Inglaterra, a pesar de que dicho prestigio, como suele suceder, también le ocasionó más de algunos enemigos.
Fue irlandés protestante, y siempre propugnó la eliminación de las leyes que discriminaban a los católicos irlandeses, siendo esto una de las causas por la que se granjeó bastantes enemigos.
La biografía está bien contada, y deja traslucir las impresionantes matanzas que se daban ya a comienzos del siglo XIX. Estas "carnicerías" que fueron aumentando en crueldad y tamaña durante ese siglo y el siguiente. ( )
  Ioseba_Meana | Jun 28, 2012 |
Richard Holmes charts the life of the Duke of Wellington, Britain's greatest soldier. He follows Wellington's remarkable career, from the ruins of his family seat in Ireland and the plains of India where he first gained his reputation as a brilliant commander, to the horrors of the Peninsular War and Waterloo. Holmes sees Wellington as a brilliant figure, idealistic in politics, cynical in love, a man of enormous courage and iron duty often sickened by the horrors of war.
  antimuzak | Mar 5, 2007 |
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Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britain's greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed the most serious threat to Napoleon. The Duke of Wellington's remarkable life and extraordinary campaigns are recreated with Holmes' superb skill in this compelling book. Richard Holmes charts Wellington's stellar military career from India to Europe, and in the process, rediscovers the reasons Queen Victoria called him the greatest man the nineteenth century had produced. Combining his astute historical analysis with a semi-biographical examination of Wellington, Holmes artfully illustrates the rapid evolution in military and political thinking of the time. Wellington is a brilliant figure, idealistic in politics, cynical in love, a wit, a beau, a man of enormous courage often sickened by war. As Richard Holmes charts his progress from a shy, indolent boy to commander-in-chief of the allied forces, he also exposes the Iron Duke as a philanderer, and a man who sometimes despised the men that he led, and was not always in control of his soldiers. Particularly infamous is the bestial rampage of his men after the capture of Cuidad Rodgrigo and Badajoz. THE IRON DUKE is a beautifully produced book, complete with stunning illustrations and colour plates. Richard Holmes' TV series to accompany THE IRON DUKE will be lavishly constructed in four parts, and filmed on location in Britain, India, Spain, Portugal, France and Belgium.

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