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British Statesmen of the Great War, 1793-1814 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

The Ford Lectures for 1911

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By J. W. Fortescue

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On Sale
Feb 7, 2012
Page Count
284 pages
Publisher
BookAnnex
ISBN-13
9781411458291

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$1.99

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$2.99 CAD

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ebook (Digital original)

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ebook (Digital original) $1.99 $2.99 CAD

Britain’s war against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France is the topic of this panoramic 1911 work of history.  The author’s thumbnail portraits of George III, William Pitt, Henry Dundas, Edmund Burke, William Grenville, the Duke of York, George Canning, and others have been praised for their insight and use of the telling personal detail. At the time, this was considered the most controversial installment of the Ford Lectures.


J. W. Fortescue

About the Author

John William Fortescue (1859–1933) was among a new group of military writers ushered in with the twentieth century. He was the librarian at Windsor Castle and historian of the British army. Fortescue wrote a number of books on military history, but he is best remembered for his tour de force on the British Army, which he wrote over the course of thirty years.

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