Marlborough
This remarkable book by the outstanding military historian of his generation, seeks to bring to life the heroic figure behind the age of Blenheim. The emphasis of the narrative lies throughout on the character and personality of John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, rather than on the general historical events of his life.
The course of Marlborough's-war leadership is narrated with clarity, colour, pace and immediacy, rendering Marlborough's talents and achievements explicable in terms of the military art of his time. He emerges as the greatest soldier of his age, and in the forefront of commanders of all time.