Wellington's right hand : Rowland, Viscount Hill / Joanna Hill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, Joanna, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hill, Rowland Hill, Viscount, 1772-1842.

Hill, Rowland Hill.

Peninsular War, 1807-1814.

Generals--Great Britain--Biography.

Generals.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stroud : Spellmount, 2011.

Summary:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-252) and index.

Contents:

I Pyramids and French Treasure 19

II A Personal View of Events in 1808 37

III With Moore to Corunna 41

IV War Without End, a Pipe of Port 53

V Off the Leash 68

VI Triumph at Arroyo dos Molinos 79

VII Destruction at Almaraz 89

VIII Chamber Maids and the 'Travelling Bordello' 106

IX Battling in the High Pyrenees 117

X Victory against All Odds 127

XI Celebrations and a Peerage 141

XII Clash of the Titans 146

XIII Occupation and Financial Troubles 164

XIV Sir Robert's 'Blues' 172

XV 'From the Horse's Mouth' 179

XVI Reform - and a Most Unstable Earl 198

XVII To Flog or not to Flog? 208

XVIII Decline and Death 213.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-252) and index.

ISBN:

0752459171

9780752459172

OCLC:

681492376

Publisher Number:

99944290696