Wellington

The aim of this book is to provide unique nutshell coverage of the career of the Iron Duke from the point of view of his military commands and his statesmanship in his later years, a timespan form 1797 when he arrived in India as colonel of the 33rd Foot, until his death in 1852. As such it encompasses details of the Mahratta compaign, the Penninsular wars, and the battles of Les Quatre Bras and Waterloo.