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Author: Elizabeth Longford
Genres: Biography, History, Military, Non-Fiction, Political
Series: Wellington
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson (London)
The Duke of Wellington's years of the sword ended abruptly while he was still in his prime. Weeping for the dead of Waterloo, he prayed he had fought his last battle. So he had; it might be supposed that the rest of his career would prove to be one long aftermath. Yet such was the power of this extraordinary man to propel himself into the path of great events that the second half of his…