The Years of Victory, 1802-1812 by Arthur Bryant (.ePUB)
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The Years of Victory, 1802-1812 by Arthur Bryant
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Overview: Britain’s first global war…as told by Britain’s first great popular historian
In all of England’s great wars, it is the years of victory which always follow the years of endurance.
In this second volume of Arthur Bryant’s saga of the epic struggle between England and France from 1793-1814, the story continues, starting with the short-lived and unreal peace of Amiens, and hurtling to the glories of the Peninsular Wars – via Wellington, Nelson and Sir John Moore.
Bryant paints a vital and memorable picture of the Britain of a hundred and eighty years ago.
He highlights the similarities of that age with the Britain of 1939-45: a Britain startled by threats of invasion, grimly preparing to face the worst, stolidly refusing to accept a tyrannical New Order in Europe, and then attacking again and again by land and sea.
Sir Arthur Bryant was one of the leading British historians of the 1930s to the 1960s. He was the favourite historian of both Sir Winston Churchill and Clement Atlee. He wrote over forty books overall, which collectively sold over two million copies. Sir Harold Wilson, who regarded him as the leading British historian of his age, knighted him for his contribution to public life.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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