The First Churchill: Marlborough Soldier And Statesman
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Small stain on top of block - does not extend internally.
In an age of powdered wigs and cannon fire, one man rose from modest origins to become the greatest military commander Britain had ever produced — The First Churchill: Marlborough Soldier and Statesman by Correlli Barnett is the authoritative chronicle of John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, whose battlefield genius reshaped the map of Europe. Barnett traces Churchill's extraordinary ascent through the treacherous courts of the Stuart monarchs, the political intrigues of the Glorious Revolution, and the thundering campaigns of the War of the Spanish Succession, where decisive victories at Blenheim, Ramillies, and Oudenarde secured his legendary reputation. Barnett, one of Britain's most incisive military historians, presents Marlborough not merely as a triumphant general but as a complex, often contradictory figure — a consummate diplomat as adept in the salons of Europe as on the battlefield, yet a man whose career was ultimately undone by political enemies at home. Written with rigorous scholarship and narrative verve, this biography illuminates the sweeping forces of 17th and 18th-century European power politics while keeping a sharp eye on the man at the centre of the storm. For anyone captivated by the origins of British imperial ambition and the making of a dynasty whose shadow stretches all the way to Winston Churchill, this is an essential and gripping read.
Author: Correlli Barnett
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, G.P. Putnam's Sons
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Small stain on top of block - does not extend internally.
In an age of powdered wigs and cannon fire, one man rose from modest origins to become the greatest military commander Britain had ever produced — The First Churchill: Marlborough Soldier and Statesman by Correlli Barnett is the authoritative chronicle of John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, whose battlefield genius reshaped the map of Europe. Barnett traces Churchill's extraordinary ascent through the treacherous courts of the Stuart monarchs, the political intrigues of the Glorious Revolution, and the thundering campaigns of the War of the Spanish Succession, where decisive victories at Blenheim, Ramillies, and Oudenarde secured his legendary reputation. Barnett, one of Britain's most incisive military historians, presents Marlborough not merely as a triumphant general but as a complex, often contradictory figure — a consummate diplomat as adept in the salons of Europe as on the battlefield, yet a man whose career was ultimately undone by political enemies at home. Written with rigorous scholarship and narrative verve, this biography illuminates the sweeping forces of 17th and 18th-century European power politics while keeping a sharp eye on the man at the centre of the storm. For anyone captivated by the origins of British imperial ambition and the making of a dynasty whose shadow stretches all the way to Winston Churchill, this is an essential and gripping read.