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Wellington : A Personal History by Hibbert, Christopher, 1924-2008 is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Wellington : A Personal History about?
A bestseller in hardback, this is a highly-praised and much-needed biography of the first Duke of Wellington, concentrating on the personal life of the victor of Waterloo, and based on the fruits of modern research. Christopher Hibbert is Britain's leading popular historian. Wellington (1769-1852) achieved fame as a soldier fighting the Mahratta in India. His later brilliant generalship fighting the French in Spain and his defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo earned him a dukedom and the award of Apsl
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Hibbert, Christopher, 1924-2008
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780586091098
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Memoir, History
- Rating
- 3.83 / 5 (105 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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