BRITISH MILITARY BIOGRAPHY

ISBN: 9780267884353 Géneros: HBW Sinópsis: Excerpt from British Military Biography Comprising the Lives of the Most Distinguished Commanders From Alfred to Wellington Connected by an Outline of the Military History of England From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeWith this brief explanation the Author submits his work to the consideration of the public He has endeavoured impartially and faithfully to record and in a form which seemed to him best fitted for the purpose the great and glorious deeds of his countrymen by sea and land And he would also state in conclusion that the task at all times an important one has gradually acquired in his mind a higher interest from the surmise that the period of peace was again drawing to a conclusion and that even the present generation may be summoned to emulate those deeds of valour and patriotism which it has been his lot to record Should such an emergency unhappily occur he will not have written in vain if any of his readers should be animated by the history of the past to kindle at the deeds of their fathers and follow their exampleAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart 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