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Wellington

A Personal History

Wellington( )
Author: Hibbert, Christopher
ISBN:978-0-201-63232-3
Publication Date:Aug 1997
Publisher:Hachette Books
Imprint:Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $30.00
Book Description:

Told in Christopher Hibbert’s inimitable, highly readable style, this is the story of "The Iron Duke”--the man most remembered for his defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo--and a politician of commanding presence.

Book Details
Pages:480
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.13 x 9.38 Inches
Author Biography
Hibbert, Christopher (Author)
Christopher Hibbert: March 5, 1924 -- December 21, 2008

Historian Christopher Hibbert was born as Arthur Raymond Hibbert in Enderby, England in 1924. He dropped out of Oriel College to join the Army. He served with the London Irish Rifles and won the Military Cross. He earned a degree in history in 1948. Before becoming a full-time nonfiction writer, he worked as a real estate agent and a television critic for Truth magazine.

He wrote more than 60 books throughout his lifetime including The Road to Tyburn (1957), Il Duce: The Life of Benito Mussolini(1962), George IV: Prince of Wales, 1762-1811 (1972), and George IV: Regent and King, 1812-1830 (1973). Hibbert was awarded the Heinemann Award for Literature in 1962 for The Destruction of Lord Raglan. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Geographical Society, and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Literature by the University of Leicester. He died from bronchial pneumonia on December 21, 2008 at the age of 84.

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