Marlborough. Volume 4 : his life and times / Winston S. Churchill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1714.

Great Britain.

Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, 1650-1722.

Marlborough, John Churchill.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (507 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : RosettaBooks, LLC, 2014.

Summary:

The moving conclusion to the acclaimed multivolume biography of one of Britain's greatest military leaders by his Nobel Prize-winning descendant. The final installment in Winston S.Churchill's four-volume biography of John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough-a famed military leader known for never having lost a military campaign. Despite his successes, Marlborough's later years were full of struggle-including attacks from political and personal enemies. Winston S.Churchill vividly recounts the intrigues and challenges of his ancestor's extraordinarily eventful life. In this last volume, detailing the end of his career, Marlborough's story is told with sensitivity and nuance-giving the reader an intimate glimpse into his state of mind. It's a fascinating read for anyone interested in English history-and provides profound insights into leadership, loyalty, and personal conduct as valuable today as three centuries ago. "A sustained meditation on statecraft and war by the greatest war leader of our time." - Foreign Affairs "The greatest historical work written in our century, an inexhaustible mine of political wisdom and understanding, which should be required reading for every student of political science." -Leo Strauss

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

ABBREVIATIONS

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME FOUR

Preface

I. 00

II. THE WHIGS AND PEACE

III. THE GREAT FROST

IV. THE FATAL ARTICLE

V. THE LOST PEACE

VI. DARKER WAR

VII. TOURNAI

VIII. THE INVESTMENT OF MONS

IX. THE BATTLE OF MALPLAQUET

X. THE EBB-TIDE

XI. THE QUEEN'S REVENGE

XII. MORTIFICATIONS

XIII. SACHEVERELL AND SHREWSBURY

XIV. THE NINTH CAMPAIGN

XV. SUNDERLAND'S DISMISSAL

XVI. THE ALARM OF THE ALLIES

XVII. THE FALL OF GODOLPHIN

XVIII. MARLBOROUGH AND HANOVER

XIX. DISSOLUTION

XX. THE NEW RÉGIME

XXI. THE GOLD KEY

XXII. THE DEATH OF THE EMPEROR

XXIII. HARLEY AND ST JOHN

XXIV. GENERAL ONLY

XXV. NE PLUS ULTRA

XXVI. BOUCHAIN

XXVII. THE SECRET NEGOTIATIONS

XXVIII. HANOVER INTERVENES

XXIX. THE POLITICAL CLIMAX

XXX. THE VISIT OF PRINCE EUGENE

XXXI. THE PECULATION CHARGE

XXXII. THE RESTRAINING ORDERS

XXXIII. THE BRITISH DESERTION

XXXIV. MARLBOROUGH LEAVES ENGLAND

XXXV. EXILE

XXXVI. UTRECHT AND THE SUCCESSION

XXXVII. THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN

XXXVIII. MARLBOROUGH IN THE NEW REIGN

XXXIX. AT BLENHEIM PALACE

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Endnotes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780795340666

0795340664

9780795331602

0795331606

OCLC:

1051141612