"The Grand Old Duke of York 2" Topic
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| Tango01 | 24 May 2016 12:48 p.m. PST |
"Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany is famous because of the nursery rhyme which ridicules him for poor leadership but, as Derek Winterbottom's biography shows, he was far from incompetent as a commander. What is more, the famous rhyme does not even hint at his achievements as commander-in-chief of the British army during the Napoleonic Wars. His career as a commander and administrator and his scandalous private life are long overdue for reassessment, and that is what this perceptive and absorbing study provides.
He transformed the British military machine, and the Duke of Wellington admitted that without York's reforms he would not have had the army that fought so well in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. York also led a turbulent personal life which was engulfed by scandal when his mistress was accused of using her influence over him to obtain promotion for ambitious officers.
Today the Duke of York is a neglected, often derided figure. This biography should go some way towards restoring his reputation as a commander and military reformer."
See here
link I don't found it in internet to read it free… maybe you can provide me the link? Amicalement
Armand |
| EMPERORS LIBRARY | 24 May 2016 1:03 p.m. PST |
"I don't found it in internet to read it free… maybe you can provide me the link?" If you do find it for free on the internet it can only be a pirate copy! |
 ColCampbell  | 24 May 2016 1:41 p.m. PST |
I'm currently reading Peninsular Preparation, The Reformation of the British Army: 1975-1809 by Richard Glover. In it the Duke of York's accomplishments as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army are judged to be essential to the performance of the British army in the Peninsula and at Waterloo. Plus Glover states that any disagreements between York and Wellington were exaggerated by later historians. Although this book to ponderous, there is a great deal of good information in it. This biography of York should be interesting. Jim |
| Tango01 | 24 May 2016 3:10 p.m. PST |
I'm confused…. Each time I post a book from Pen and Sword …. people here said that you can read their books from free…(?)… Amicalement
Armand |
| Green Tiger | 25 May 2016 2:19 a.m. PST |
Each time I post a book from Pen and Sword …. people here said that you can read their books from free…(?) Don't know why because you can't – you'd better not be able to or I will be most cross… |
| Ben Avery | 25 May 2016 2:26 a.m. PST |
It's not that at all, Green Tiger. It was pointed out that some of the military reprints Tango links/advertises are older works, in the common domain and available electronically at Gutenberg and other places, whether to read on a device or print off. It wasn't specifically about Pen and Sword. |
| Tango01 | 25 May 2016 3:27 p.m. PST |
I'm still confuse… Amicalement
Armand |
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