Wellington - Holmes, Richard
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Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britainâ s greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed the most serious threat to Napoleon. The Duke of Wellingtonâ s remarkable life and extraordinary campaigns are recreated with Holmesâ superb skill in this compelling book.

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Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britainâ s greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed the most serious threat to Napoleon. The Duke of Wellingtonâ s remarkable life and extraordinary campaigns are recreated with Holmesâ superb skill in this compelling book.
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Richard Holmes was one of Britain's most distinguished and eminent military historians and broadcasters. For many years Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University and the Royal Military College of Science, he also taught military history at Sandhurst. He was the author of many best-selling and widely acclaimed books including Redcoat, Tommy, Marlborough and Wellington, and famous for his BBC series such as War Walks, In the Footsteps of Churchill and Wellington. He served in the Territorial Army, retiring as a brigadier and Britain's most senior reservist, and was Colonel of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment from 1999 to 2007. Richard Holmes died suddenly in April 2011 from pneumonia. He had been suffering from non-Hodgkins' Lymphoma.Writer and historian Hugh Bicheno is a former intelligence officer and anti-terrorism consultant, who after many years living in the Americas now lives in Cambridge. His previous books include Gettysburg, Midway and Crescent and Cross.