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Portrait d'Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852) : Photo exécutée pour l'association de la noblesse du royaume de Belgique. Bureau d'iconographie de Belgique

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The duke of Wellington : a pictorial survey of his life 1769-1852
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ISBN: 0112900224 Year: 1969 Publisher: London Her Majesty's stationery office


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Wellington
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ISBN: 9780300205480 0300205481 0300198604 9780300198607 1299975445 9781299975446 9780300186659 0300186657 9780300187861 0300187866 Year: 2013 Publisher: New Haven Yale University Press

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The Duke of Wellington was not just Britain's greatest soldier, although his seismic struggles as leader of the Allied forces against Napoleon in the Peninsular War deservedly became the stuff of British national legend. Wellington was much more: a man of vision beyond purely military matters, a politically astute thinker, and a canny diplomat as well as lover, husband, and friend. Rory Muir's masterful new biography, the first of a two-volume set, is the fruit of a lifetime's research and discovery into Wellington and his times. The author brings Wellington into much sharper focus than ever before, addressing his masterstrokes and mistakes in equal measure. Muir looks at all aspects of Wellington's career, from his unpromising youth through his remarkable successes in India and his role as junior minister in charge of Ireland, to his controversial military campaigns. With dramatic descriptions of major battles and how they might have turned out differently, the author underscores the magnitude of Wellington's achievements. The biography is the first to address the major significance of Wellington's political connections and shrewdness, and to set his career within the wider history of British politics and the war against Napoleon. The volume also revises Wellington's reputation for being cold and aloof, showing instead a man of far more complex and interesting character.


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Wellington's wars
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ISBN: 9780300164176 9780300165401 0300165404 0300164173 9781280780707 1280780703 9786613691095 6613691097 Year: 2012 Publisher: New Haven Yale University Press

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Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, lives on in popular memory as the "Invincible General," loved by his men, admired by his peers, formidable to his opponents. This incisive book revises such a portrait, offering an accurate-and controversial-new analysis of Wellington's remarkable military career. Unlike his nemesis Napoleon, Wellington was by no means a man of innate military talent, Huw J. Davies argues. Instead, the key to Wellington's military success was an exceptionally keen understanding of the relationship between politics and war. Drawing on extensive primary research, Davies discusses Wellington's military apprenticeship in India, where he learned through mistakes as well as successes how to plan campaigns, organize and use intelligence, and negotiate with allies. In India Wellington encountered the constant political machinations of indigenous powers, and it was there that he apprenticed in the crucial skill of balancing conflicting political priorities. In later campaigns and battles, including the Peninsular War and Waterloo, Wellington's genius for strategy, operations, and tactics emerged. For his success in the art of war, he came to rely on his art as a politician and tactician. This strikingly original book shows how Wellington made even unlikely victories possible-with a well-honed political brilliance that underpinned all of his military achievements.


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Wellington.
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ISBN: 9780300186659 9780300187861 9780300214048 0300214049 9780300205480 0300187866 Year: 2015 Publisher: New Haven

Wellington and Napoleon : clash of arms, 1807-1815
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ISBN: 1473820626 1473801303 9781473801301 9781473820623 0850529263 9780850529265 Year: 2003 Publisher: South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword Military Classics,

Waterloo : la campagne de 1815
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ISBN: 2873863269 9782873863265 Year: 2003 Publisher: Bruxelles Racine

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History of Belgium and Luxembourg --- anno 1800-1899 --- Waterloo --- Bataille de Waterloo --- Slag van Waterloo --- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 --- Bataille de Waterloo, Waterloo, Belgique, 1815 --- Europe --- History, Military --- Histoire militaire --- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 --- Campaigns --- Napoleon --- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, --- Military leadership --- 940.26 --- 949.3.031 --- Geschiedenis van Europa: Nieuwste Tijd--(19de-20ste eeuw) --- Geschiedenis van België: Franse overheersing (1792/1795-1815) --- 949.3.031 Geschiedenis van België: Franse overheersing (1792/1795-1815) --- 940.26 Geschiedenis van Europa: Nieuwste Tijd--(19de-20ste eeuw) --- Armies --- Belle-Alliance, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 --- Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 --- Waterloo (Belgium), Battle of, 1815 --- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1814 --- History --- Duke of Wellington, --- Wellesley, Arthur, --- Wesley, Arthur, --- Wellington, Arthur Welleslei v., --- Welleslei v. Wellington, Arthur, --- Welleslei von Wellington, Arthur, --- Bonapart, Napoleon, --- Bonāpārṭa, Nepoliyana, --- Bonaparte, Napoleão, --- Bonaparte, Napoleon, --- Bonaparte, Napoleone, --- Bonaparṭeh, Napolyon, --- Buonaparte, Napoleon, --- Na-pʻo-lun, --- Nābuliyūn, --- Napoleone --- Napʻolleong, --- Napolun, --- נפוליאון --- נפוליאון, --- نابليون --- بونابرت، نابليون، --- Būnābart, Nābuliyūn, --- Military leadership. --- Napoléon --- Bonaparte, Napoléon --- Bonāpārṭa, Nepoliyana --- Bonaparte, Napoleão --- Bonaparte, Napoleon --- Bonaparte, Napoleone --- Buonaparte, Napoleon --- Na-pʻo-lun --- Napolun --- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Campaigns - Belgium - Waterloo --- Napoleon - I, - Emperor of the French, - 1769-1821 - Military leadership --- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, - Duke of, - 1769-1852 - Military leadership --- Napoleon - I, - Emperor of the French, - 1769-1821 --- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, - Duke of, - 1769-1852


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Wellington et l'argent des Belges, ou, "La seconde bataille de Waterloo"
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ISBN: 2874150312 Year: 2001 Publisher: Bruxelles : Editions Luc Pire,

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Wellesley, Wellington, Waterloo... l'un des plus illustres personnages et l'un des lieux les plus célèbres en Europe occidentale depuis près de deux siècles ! La victoire du prince Blücher et du duc de Wellington le 18 juin 1815 entraîna la révolution contre les Pays-Bas et la naissance de l'État belge quinze ans plus tard : un État-nation alors plus francophile qu'anglophile mais dont la dominante s'inversera au fil des décennies... La Belgique maintiendra jusqu'aujourd'hui les avantages considérables attribués au duc par le roi des Pays-Bas, qui, une fois l'État belge sur pied, ne se justifiaient plus. Pourquoi ? D'abord, il fallait faire exister la jeune Belgique, ensuite l'habitude était prise et, anglophilie, monarchie et noblesse aidant, l'on a conservé des pratiques d'ancien Régime sans doute contraire au DROIT et certainement à l'ÉQUITÉ. L'auteur en décompose les éléments tout en parcourant 185 années d'histoire politique, diplomatique, militaire et même financière car c'est en milliards qu'il faut compter à ce propos. Le volume se termine par une supplique à WWW, inspirée de celle, restée sans effet, adressée au 3e duc et prince en 1911 par le doyen de la Faculté de Droit de l'Université libre de Bruxelles. Ne doit-on pas parler d'un scandale ? Les temps sont-ils mûrs aujourd'hui ?

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Belgique ; histoire du dix-neuvième siècle --- België ; geschiedenis van de negentiende eeuw --- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley --- Guerres napoléoniennes (1800-1815) --- Campagnes et batailles --- Belgique --- 942.07 --- 949.3.031 --- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 --- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1814 --- Influence --- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, --- Duke of Wellington, --- Wellesley, Arthur, --- Wesley, Arthur, --- Wellington, Arthur Welleslei v., --- Welleslei v. Wellington, Arthur, --- Welleslei von Wellington, Arthur, --- Influence. --- Belgium --- België --- Bélgica --- Royaume de Belgique --- Belgii︠a︡ --- Kingdom of Belgium --- Koninkrijk van België --- Königreich Belgien --- Bèlgia --- Koninkryk van België --- Königriich Belgie --- Koninkrijk België --- Belgice --- Belgice Cynerīce --- بلجيكا --- Baljīkā --- مملكة بلجيكا --- Mamlakat Baljīkā --- Belchica --- Reino de Belchica --- Belghia --- Vãsilia di Belghia --- Royômo de Bèlg·ique --- Bélxica --- Reinu de Bélxica --- Bilkiya --- Bilgasuyu --- Bilhika Qhapaqsuyu --- Belçika --- Belçika Krallığı --- Бельгия --- Бельгия Короллеге --- Belʹgii︠a︡ Korollege --- Бельгія --- Belʹhii︠a︡ --- Каралеўства Бельгія --- Karaleŭstva Belʹhii︠a︡ --- Belhika --- Bäigien --- Kinigraich Bäigien --- Belgija --- Kraljevina Belgija --- Белгия --- Regne de Bèlgica --- Бельги --- Belʹgi --- Belgické království --- Gwlad Belg --- Teyrnas Gwlad Belg --- Belgien --- Kongeriget Belgien --- Bélgii Bikéyah --- Belgiska --- Kralojstwo Belgiskej --- Belgia Kuningriik --- Βέλγιο --- Velgio --- Βασίλειο του Βελγίου --- Vasileio tou Velgiou --- Reino de Bélgica --- Belgio --- Reĝlando Belgio --- Belgujo --- Belgika --- Belgje --- Belgjo --- Belgjiche --- Bheilg --- Ríocht na Beilge --- Velg --- Reeriaght ny Belg --- Belgiya --- Rìoghachd na Beilge --- Pí-li-sṳ̀ --- Belʹjmudin Nutg --- Pelekiuma --- Regno del Belgio --- בלגיה --- Belgiyah --- ממלכת בלגיה --- Mamlekhet Belgiyah --- Belgijskô --- Pow Belg --- Ruwvaneth Belgek --- Ububiligi --- Ububirigi --- Igihugu cyʼUbubirigi --- Ubelgiji --- Ufalme wa Ubelgiji --- Belezi --- Nsi ya ntotila ya Belezi --- Bèljik --- Beljika --- Beļgeja --- Beļg̓ijas Karaliste --- Belsch --- Kinnekräich Belsch --- Belgijos Karalystė --- Belsj --- Keuninkriek Belsj --- Beldjym --- Belga Királyság --- Белгија --- ベルギー --- Berugī --- History --- Opérations militaires --- Guerres napoléoniennes (1800-1815) --- Opérations militaires

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