Whitehall Palace, 57
designs Marlborough House, 408
Wren, Christopher, Jr, 408
Württemberg, Alexander, Prince of, 397
Württemberg, Carl Rudolph, Duke of, 264, 276, 280, 346
Württemberg, Ferdinand William, Prince of, 169–70, 210
Wycherley, William, 63
Wynendaele, battle of (1708), 21, 36, 399
Yarborough, John, 247
York, Anne Hyde, Duchess of, 29, 47, 83, 88
Young, Robert, 178, 180
Ypres, 393, 418, 454
Zandvliet, 326
Zenta, battle of (1697), 250
Zurlauben, Lieutenant General von, 292
PRAISE
From the reviews of Marlborough: England’s Fragile Genius :
‘Unbeatable military history, with rattling narrative vitality, full of political plots, grand strategy, battlefield carnage and dynastic vainglory, and with a piercing empathy for commanders and cannon fodder alike’
RICHARD DAVENPORT-HINES , Sunday Telegraph , Books of the Year
‘As comprehensive an account of Marlborough as a single volume can hope to be … In his descriptions of the great set-piece battles [Holmes’s] eye for detail, grasp of subject, deployment of sources, and familiarity with physical terrain, which distinguishes all his military writing, combine to produce as lucid and vivid an account of warfare as one could ask for’
Spectator
‘[Holmes] has certainly done his subject full justice by crafting a quite brilliant, judicious and fully rounded portrait that should go some way to restoring Marlborough’s reputation as a truly Great Briton’
Sunday Telegraph
‘Though [Richard Holmes] guides us sure-footedly through the political and diplomatic maze, it is his account of Marlborough’s organisation of the army and campaigns, and his lucid descriptions of the battles, that make this work outstanding’
Daily Telegraph
‘Holmes depicts the moral and political landscape of an entire age in this rewarding biography … [He] is as thrilling on his subject’s romantic devotion to his wife … as he is on the battles’
Sunday Times
‘Holmes tells the tale well and fairly, and on the whole elegantly. He has a good eye for the captivating detail and the illuminating quotation. While rightly concentrating on military matters, he fills in the international and political background skilfully … A thorough and readable book’
Literary Review
OTHER WORKS
ALSO BY RICHARD HOLMES
In order of publication
The English Civil War (with Brigadier Peter Young)
The Little Field Marshal: Sir John French
Soldiers (with John Keegan)
Firing Line
The Road to Sedan
Fatal Avenue
Riding the Retreat
War Walks
War Walks II
The Western Front
The Second World War in Photographs
The First World War in Photographs
Oxford Companion to Military History (general editor)
Battlefields of the Second World War
Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket
Wellington: The Iron Duke
Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front, 1914–1918
In the Footsteps of Churchill
Sahib: The British Soldier in India
Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War
The World at War
COPYRIGHT
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Hammersmith,
London W 6 8JB
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Visit our authors’ blog at www.fifthestate.co.uk
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FIRST EDITION
First published in Great Britain by Harper Press in 2008
Copyright © Richard Holmes 2008
Richard Holmes asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
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All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced
designs Marlborough House, 408
Wren, Christopher, Jr, 408
Württemberg, Alexander, Prince of, 397
Württemberg, Carl Rudolph, Duke of, 264, 276, 280, 346
Württemberg, Ferdinand William, Prince of, 169–70, 210
Wycherley, William, 63
Wynendaele, battle of (1708), 21, 36, 399
Yarborough, John, 247
York, Anne Hyde, Duchess of, 29, 47, 83, 88
Young, Robert, 178, 180
Ypres, 393, 418, 454
Zandvliet, 326
Zenta, battle of (1697), 250
Zurlauben, Lieutenant General von, 292
PRAISE
From the reviews of Marlborough: England’s Fragile Genius :
‘Unbeatable military history, with rattling narrative vitality, full of political plots, grand strategy, battlefield carnage and dynastic vainglory, and with a piercing empathy for commanders and cannon fodder alike’
RICHARD DAVENPORT-HINES , Sunday Telegraph , Books of the Year
‘As comprehensive an account of Marlborough as a single volume can hope to be … In his descriptions of the great set-piece battles [Holmes’s] eye for detail, grasp of subject, deployment of sources, and familiarity with physical terrain, which distinguishes all his military writing, combine to produce as lucid and vivid an account of warfare as one could ask for’
Spectator
‘[Holmes] has certainly done his subject full justice by crafting a quite brilliant, judicious and fully rounded portrait that should go some way to restoring Marlborough’s reputation as a truly Great Briton’
Sunday Telegraph
‘Though [Richard Holmes] guides us sure-footedly through the political and diplomatic maze, it is his account of Marlborough’s organisation of the army and campaigns, and his lucid descriptions of the battles, that make this work outstanding’
Daily Telegraph
‘Holmes depicts the moral and political landscape of an entire age in this rewarding biography … [He] is as thrilling on his subject’s romantic devotion to his wife … as he is on the battles’
Sunday Times
‘Holmes tells the tale well and fairly, and on the whole elegantly. He has a good eye for the captivating detail and the illuminating quotation. While rightly concentrating on military matters, he fills in the international and political background skilfully … A thorough and readable book’
Literary Review
OTHER WORKS
ALSO BY RICHARD HOLMES
In order of publication
The English Civil War (with Brigadier Peter Young)
The Little Field Marshal: Sir John French
Soldiers (with John Keegan)
Firing Line
The Road to Sedan
Fatal Avenue
Riding the Retreat
War Walks
War Walks II
The Western Front
The Second World War in Photographs
The First World War in Photographs
Oxford Companion to Military History (general editor)
Battlefields of the Second World War
Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket
Wellington: The Iron Duke
Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front, 1914–1918
In the Footsteps of Churchill
Sahib: The British Soldier in India
Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War
The World at War
COPYRIGHT
Harper Press
An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
77–85 Fulham Palace Road,
Hammersmith,
London W 6 8JB
www.harpercollins.co.uk
Visit our authors’ blog at www.fifthestate.co.uk
Love this book? www.bookarmy.com
This Harper Press edition published 2009
FIRST EDITION
First published in Great Britain by Harper Press in 2008
Copyright © Richard Holmes 2008
Richard Holmes asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Find out more about HarperCollins and the environment at www.harpercollins.co.uk/green
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced
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