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Marlborough: England's Fragile Genius
Hardcover, 564 pages
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A good and readable account of the life and military career of John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough. Not surprisingly for a military historian, Holmes is better at describing military actions, military life, and the institutional, political, and administrative contexts for these than he is at presenting the personal aspects of his subject's life. You won't come away from this book with a terribly strong sense of who Marlborough was as a man (although Holmes doesn't ignore such issues, e...more
This book ends with the comment of Marlborough's opponent Bolingbroke, that the late duke had been such a great man that Bolingbroke preferred to forget his flaws. That seems to sum up Holmes' attitude as well. While his biography of John Churchill does mention the criticisms of his enemies, this is a deeply sympathetic work. In this it may be a bit unfair to the duke's contemporaries.
It is a very enjoyable book. The War of the Spanish Succession and its campaigns are now in a distant and ...more
It is a very enjoyable book. The War of the Spanish Succession and its campaigns are now in a distant and ...more
Richard Holmes portrays Marlborough as the greatest soldier that Britain has ever produced. Reading this fantastic biography, it is hard to disagree.
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Richard Holmes was Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University and the Royal Military College of Science. He was educated at Cambridge, Northern Illinois, and Reading Universities, and carried out his doctoral research on the French a...more
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