by Richard Holmes · HarperCollins · tapa dura · ISBN 9780007137480
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«Wellington: The Iron Duke» is the historical biography by Richard Holmes, published by HarperCollins in hardcover (336 pages, in English).
Biography of Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, Napoleon's greatest rival. Richard Holmes traces his military career from India to Europe and analyzes the political and military evolution of the era, revealing his contradictions: idealistic in politics, cynical in love, brave yet horrified by war.
First edition, published in 2002. Includes bibliographic references (pages 305-312) and index.
For readers of military history and biographies, especially those interested in the Napoleonic Wars and nineteenth-century Britain.
Richard Gordon Heath Holmes, OBE, FRSL, FBA is a British author and academic best known for his biographical studies of major figures of British and French Romanticism.
