Memoirs of the Life of the Right Hon. Warren Hastings, First Governor-General of Bengal
- 562pages
- 20 heures de lecture
George Robert Gleig fut un auteur écossais réputé pour ses récits militaires évocateurs. Initialement étudiant en théologie, il renonça à sa bourse pour rejoindre l'armée de Wellington, expérimentant de première main les campagnes cruciales des guerres napoléoniennes et les conflits aux États-Unis. Ses perspicaces observations du champ de bataille, en particulier de la guerre de la Péninsule, ont servi de base à son œuvre la plus célèbre, parue pour la première fois dans le Blackwood's Magazine. La prose de Gleig se caractérise par un réalisme cru et des observations aiguës sur la vie du soldat, faisant de lui une voix significative dans la littérature de guerre.



Excerpt from The Life of Arthur First Duke of Wellington: Partly From the French of M. Brialmont Partly From Original Documents I have endeavoured, in the following pages, so to describe the career, and paint the character of the great Duke of Wellington, as to leave little which shall be note-worthy, nothing which may be important, to be supplied by future biographers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This book provides a detailed history of the British Empire in India, from the earliest days of the East India Company to the late 19th century. Thornton explores the political and economic impact of British colonialism on India, as well as its cultural legacy.