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Marlborough's Wars: Volume 1-1702-1707
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£10.99 (Incl. VAT)
Frank Taylor
Paperback, 436 pages
9780857060853
It is a trait of any nation's regard for it's great men that its focus
falls upon few and each eclipses those that precede it. Exceptionally,
for the British, the fame of Duke of Wellington, who brought to book the
great tyrant of his age, has thus far endured where fine commanders who
came after him are all but forgotten in the popular mind. The names of
Clive, Roberts and Kitchener are now seldom celebrated despite their
deserved fame in their lifetimes. John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough,
perhaps suffers from belonging to an age nearly a century before Arthur
Wellesley began his career. Yet in Marlborough the nation has certainly
its first great military man and almost certainly one who stands equal,
if not higher, than any who came after him. A political genius as well
as a military one, Marlborough often managed to achieve victory when his
own allies conspired to prevent him. Yet more remarkable was that
Marlborough was able to cooperate with another great commander of his
time, Prince Eugene of Savoy. Marlborough's Wars were fought against the
ancient enemy-the military might and the pervasive influence of the
France of the Bourbons.
Taylor's brilliant, substantial, detailed
and comprehensive history of the campaigns of the early 18th century
bring this vividly to life and takes us in volume 1, in company with
Marlborough himself, his chroniclers and those who experienced the
marches and battlefields of Europe with him, to the victories of
Blenheim and Ramilles. This highly recommended book is essential for
every student of the period.
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