Description: Spencer Wilkinson contributed articles on military matters for the Liberal-supporting newspaper The Manchester Guardian from 1881 until 1892, when C.P. Scott decided Wilkinson had to go because of his "lack of a real hold of Liberal principles". He then wrote for the Tory-supporting paper The Morning Post until 1914. In 1909 he was elected to a fellowship of All Souls, University of Oxford, and became the first Chichele Professor of Military History at Oxford. He retired from Oxford in 1923. Excerpt from From Cromwell to Wellington: Twelve Soldiers: The second name in the book is that of the Duke of Marlborough, to whom I should be inclined to assign the foremost place in the roll of British Commanders. His splendid military genius was united with an almost unparalleled evenness of temper, and a regard for, and sympathy with, his troops, which earned for him a devotion scarcely less than that which the Tenth Legion felt for Caesar, or the Old Guard for Napoleon.From a moralist's point of View, Marlborough's character was not faultless, but as a General he had few equals and no superior. He never fought a battle which he did not win, never besieged a city which he did not take and, in spite of obstructive allies and jealous continental rivals, he curbed the aggression of France, and restored the balance of power in Europe.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year Printed: 1900
Binding: Leather
Author: SPENCER WILKINSON
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
Place of Publication: LONDON
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Collector's Edition, Illustrated
