Drawn from half a century of despatches, letters and speeches, these extracts show the Duke of Wellington’s views on soldiering, discipline, India, Ireland, the Peninsula, the government of Britain, finance and the national debt. A biographical memoir introduces the selection, which was compiled while the Duke was still alive.
A direct way into the mind of the victor of Waterloo, for students of the Napoleonic era and British politics. Download the free EPUB.