Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Wellington Wellington Elizabeth Longford This sequel to Longford's well-received Wellington: Years of the Sword (1970) begins right after the Waterloo triumph, when the Duke, for reasons that are never made clear, retired in his prime from … OL15467826W
The Oxford Book of Royal Anecdotes The Oxford Book of Royal Anecdotes Elizabeth Longford A royal biographer par excellence , as is evidenced by Victoria RI , Elizabeth R , and The Queen Mother , Longford is ideally suited to edit this work. It is absolutely jam-packed with tempting tidbi… OL15858212W
Queen Victoria Queen Victoria Elizabeth Longford This was the first major biography of Queen Victoria in more than forty years and it contains much material that had not been available before. In writing it, Lady Longford (1906 - 2002), a leading h… OL16058899W
Wellington Wellington Elizabeth Longford Capaciously documented, this first volume of a two-volume life of the Duke of Wellington places its author, Lady Longford (author also of Queen Victoria) in the front ranks of 20th century military a… OL6740419W