Buy this book on-line WELLESLEY,JANE: : WELLINGTON: A Journey Through My FamilyLONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON 2008. ISBN 9780297852315.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,colour+b/w photograph+illus montage'd illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners,one tiny nick to top,rear corner - no loss.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and pristine -no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,crisp,
clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain maroon cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain pale beige eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,x-xipp+2-369pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/ table,a prologue,13 chapters,an epilogue, 24pp of contemporary,familial,b/w+colour illustrations and photographs in 3 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp82/3,pp178/9 and pp274/5 respectively,acknowledgements, notes,select biblio,and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents list/table,and double-page Wellesley family tree.
Jane Wellesley is a member of one of Britain's most illustrious families.Her father,the 8th Duke of Wellington,was born in 1915,a hundred years after the first Duke's momentous victory over Napoleon at Waterloo,but only a little over sixty years after the death of his celebrated ancestor.When the 'Iron Duke' died Queen Victoria wept with the nation,mourning the loss of 'the greatest man England has known'.One and a half million people swarmed London's streets to watch his cortege pass on it's way to St. Paul's.
Few facts can now be added about the public man,but Jane's family memoir animates the First Duke as husband and father,as brother and several degrees of grandfather.Her journey through this richly compelling family history begins and ends with the First Duke,visiting the battlefield of Waterloo with her father to set her fascinating tale in motion.Through her parents she reaches back to earlier generations,weaving together characters and places,establishing connections,and exploring in greater depth than usual the Wellington women,who are often reduced to footnotes in conventional histories.
She unearths memories,visits places from her parent's past,and discovers much about the lives of her grandparents and the generations before them.
Most of us view the First Duke of Wellington as an iconic figure,whose
name has been claimed by pubs,squares, streets,and,of course,rubber boots.In this highly personal account,the public man gives way to the private,and Wellington's legacy is seen through the eyes of those who have followed in his footsteps.Jane Wellesley triumphantly succeeds in wresting the Duke from his lonely column to reclaim him for his family,and so for the reader.
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