I have it. Gave up reading it
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Good question. Don't know enough on Marlborough to judge
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New purchase from Pen and Sword
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I've seen the quote "This is a man with whom I shall have to deal", attributed to Napoleon about Wellesley after the news of Assaye.
I haven't seen it in the correspondence of that time that ive looked into, anyone know where it may be found, if there is concrete evidence?
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He was a great singer. Surprisingly huge in Germany where he released albums of all German songs
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Purchased today
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No. I'll try and remember to get it
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Best book I've read this year so far
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Hated it first time. Didn't like it on second viewing, but wasn't as awful as I'd remembered
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I saw him live about ten years ago; brilliant. I'm very sad he's passed
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A recent Australian book on Confederate Albert Sidney Johnston. Either very underrated, or overrated, depending who you ask.
Could be an interesting read
emergingcivilwar.com/2025/09/18/b...
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'The Godfather,' 'M*A*S*H,' and 'Tender Mercies' star Robert Duvall passed away at home at age 95, "surrounded by love and comfort"
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Appearing on Amazon it seems; again, I am at present not involved in any marketing, and don't intend these posts to be that. I don't even have an account on Amazon for it to belong to, so some other chap can get the praise (or criticism!)
www.amazon.co.uk/Wellington-N...
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Enjoying this book
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The full transcript of Wellington's work is in it, as I thought that very important that it should be in print.
Also has a "commentary" by me, as each time I read it I noticed more and more interesting parts that I felt needed explaining
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I look forward to reading it then
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Appears my book is online. I've not yet been sent any marketing information/material, so I don't plan to advertise it yet - I'd tell everyone to wait until Pen and Sword announce it. But, if anyone wants to read the synopsis, it is here.
www.waterstones.com/book/welling...
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He better have been a friend, otherwise I feel I've been missold this book!
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It's a quote from O'Meara. Described Suchet, Clauzel and Gérard as his best generals. Suchet was already a Marshal
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That it was poor from the start
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Las Cases quoted him as saying Foy, Lamarque, Clauzel and Gérard were his "new marshals". But all those St Helena ramblings have to be treated carefully
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I've one too.
Actually I'd wait until it's on Pen and Sword. I've not been sent the marketing stuff, but apparently it is appearing online now
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More in my attempt to build up collection of memoirs.
The Napoleon and Joseph correspondence is great, and I'm hoping will help in a project I'm planning
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Four years ago today, we lost the supremely talented Meat Loaf (Michael Lee Aday). He was 74 years old. I saw him three times in concert in Birmingham - more than I've seen any other artist. He was unbelievable live. Especially when performing 'Paradise By the dashboard Light". #MeatLoaf
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Glad to hear you're recovering
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Some more memoirs
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Trying to get some Napoleonic memoirs. 4,5,7 and the atlas for Massena are on order, so just need 6.
Can't find the other 7 of Marmont I need in this set though
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Paul Scofield. A great actor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tZH...
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I was struck by how the ground the union was on was higher, so they'd be pouring a fire down into it, making it like a death trap
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