Download or read book A Day at Waterloo Or an Account of that Great Battle After Brialmont Charras and Thiers Followed by Supplementary Unpublished Details written by Little Harold and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Two Marshals Bazaine P tain written by Philip Guedalla and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant study of France and French military power through four generations. The careers of the two Marshalls span the years from Napoleon’s downfall to Verdun and Vichy France. “This biography of two soldiers of France is, in effect, a history of the French Army for a hundred years, as well as portraiture of marked differences and striking contrasts. There are strong touches of irony and emphasis in Bazaine’s life and army career, his strength, and innocence in face of public blame following the surrender at Metz in 1870 — and Pétain’s, whose weakness and mediocrity contrast baldly with his predecessor. “The first Marshal was made a scapegoat by his defeated country, and when the second Marshal came to power, the scapegoat was France”. The elaborate sketching of background material, the bird’s eye views of each successive era in French history provide a three-dimensional setting for each man. Bazaine’s is a more thorough characterization, for Petain’s seems more often guesswork and speculation through lack of early factual material. However there is justice and judgement in this study of “the psychology of defeat” and Guedalla’s lively style and personal approach to his subjects is good reading.”-Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book Idylls of the Queen written by Phillip Guedalla and published by Obscure Press. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHARACTERS FROM THE HISTORIES amp MEMOIRS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY By DAVID NICHOL SMITH With an Essay on THE CHARACTER and Historical Notes CONTENTS ESSAY ON THE CHARACTER I. The Beginnings II. The Literary Models III. Clarendon IV. Other Character Writers CHARACTERS JAMES I THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM SIR THOMAS COVENTRY. SIR RICHARD WESTON. THE EARL OFVUDEL THE EARL OF PEMBROKE SIR FRANCIS BACON. BEN JONSON. HENRY HASTINGS. CHARLES I THE EARL OF STRAFFORD THE EARL OF STRAFFORD THE EARL OF NORTHAMPTON THE EARL OF CARNARVON LORD FALKLAND LORD FALKLAND SIDNEY GODOLPHIN. WILLIAM LAUD. WILLIAM JUXON. THE MARQUIS OF HERTFORD THE MARQUIS OF NEWCASTLE THE LORD EKCY THE LORD CAPEL ROYALIST GENERALS: PATRICK RUTHVEN, EARL OF BRENTFORD PRINCE RUPERT GEORGE, LORD GORING HENRY WILMOT, EARL OF ROCHESTER. JOHN HAMPDEN. JOHN PYM. OLIVER CROMWELL. OLIVER CROMWELL SIR THOMAS FAIRFAX. SIR HENRY VANE COLONEL JOHN HUTCHINSON. THE EARL OF ESSEX THE EARL OF SALISBURY THE EARL OF WARWICK THE EARL OF MANCHESTER THE LORD SAY JOHN SELDEN. JOHN EARLE. JOHN HALES. WILLIAM CHILLINGWORTH. EDMUND WALLER. THOMAS HOBBES. THOMAS FULLER. JOHN MILTON. ABRAHAM COWLEY. CHARLES II. CHARLES II. THE EARL OF CLARENDON THE EARL OF LAUDERDALE THE EARL OF LAUDERDALE THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM s, THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM THE MARQUIS OF HALIFAX SIR EDMUND SAUNDERS. Two GROUPS OF DIVINES NOTES INDEX. "THE CHARACTER THE seventeenth century is rich in short studies or characters of its great men. Its rulers and statesmen, its soldiers and politicians, its lawyers and divines, all who played a prominent part in the public life, have with few notable exceptions been described for us by their con temporaries. There are earlier characters in English literature but as a definite and established form of literary composition the character dates from the seven teenth century. Even Sir Robert Nauntons Fragmenta Regalia, or Observations on the late Queen Elizabeth her Times and Favourites, a series of studies of the great men of Elizabeths court, and the first book of its kind, is an old mans recollection of his early life, and belongs to the Stuart period in everything but its theme. Nor at any later period is there the same wealth of material for such a collection as is given in this volume. The eighteenth century devoted itself rather to biogrlphy. When the facts of a mans life, his works, and his opinions claimed detailed treatment, the fashion of the short character had passed. Yet the seventeenth century did not know its richness. None of its best characters were then printed. The writers themselves could not have suspected how many others were similarly engaged, so far were they from belonging to a school. The characters in Clarendons History of the Rebellion were too intimate and searching The Character. to be published at once, and they remained in manu script till about thirty years after his death. In the interval Burnet was drawing the characters in his History of His Own Time.
Download or read book The Second Empire written by Philip Guedalla and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Hundred Days Illustrated Edition written by Philip Guedalla and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with 30 maps, portraits and diagrams of the Waterloo Campaign Philip Guedalla was a British barrister, nut he was better known as a popular historical and biographical writer. His subjects were many and varied, but he had a noted inclination toward European subjects and particularly the history of France. For this volume he chose as his subject the “Hundred Days” — the return of the Emperor Napoleon from exile on Elba to his defeat at Waterloo and his final banishment to St. Helena. Eschewing national bias, the author sums up the dramatic events with wit, panache in his inimitable style.
Download or read book The Hundred Years written by Philip Guedalla and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart the Second and Third Marquesses of Londonderry 2 written by Archibald Alison and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Life and Corespondence of the Right Honble Henry Addington written by George Pellew and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
