Wellington: The Iron Duke (Text Only)

Wellington: The Iron Duke (Text Only)
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9780007383498
ISBN-13 : 0007383495
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Wellington: The Iron Duke (Text Only) by : Richard Holmes

Download or read book Wellington: The Iron Duke (Text Only) written by Richard Holmes and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling book, Richard Holmes tells the exhilarating story of the Duke of Wellington, Britain's greatest ever soldier.

Text, Context, Pretext

Text, Context, Pretext
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : 9780470758274
ISBN-13 : 0470758279
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Text, Context, Pretext by : H. G. Widdowson

Download or read book Text, Context, Pretext written by H. G. Widdowson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a leading researcher in the field, this fascinating examination of the relations between grammar, text, and discourse is designed to provoke critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis which are not always clearly identified and examined. Written by a leading researcher in the field Continues the enquiry into discourse analysis that Zellig Harris initiated 50 years ago, which raised a number of problematic issues that have remained unresolved ever since Introduces the notion of pretext as an additional factor in the general interpretative process Focuses attention specifically on the work of critical discourse analysis (CDA) in light of the issues discussed

"The Iron Duke."Memoirs of the Duke of Wellington. From Authentic Sources

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Total Pages : 148
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ISBN-10 : BL:A0026375159
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Book Synopsis "The Iron Duke."Memoirs of the Duke of Wellington. From Authentic Sources by : Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington

Download or read book "The Iron Duke."Memoirs of the Duke of Wellington. From Authentic Sources written by Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Iron Duke

The Iron Duke
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9781446450352
ISBN-13 : 144645035X
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Book Synopsis The Iron Duke by : Lawrence James

Download or read book The Iron Duke written by Lawrence James and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Lord Wellington don't know how to lose a battle.' The view of an anonymous soldier at Waterloo became the judgement of the world on the man who was hailed as the first general of his age. At Waterloo he defeated Napoleon, the master of war, and finally checked the disruptive forces of the French Revolution that had troubled Europe for over twenty years. Wellington taught himself the art of war in India where his hard-fought victories helped lay the foundations of the British raj. His armies liberated Portugal and Spain, shattered the myth of French invincibility and inspired the people of Europe to resist Napoleon. Largely drawn from original sources, Lawrence James's biography follows the life of Wellington the soldier and explains how he waged war and why he won battles. This is also the story of a humane, intelligent and acerbic aristocrat who believed that his kind were predestined to lead. It shows how he stamped his iron will on the men he commanded and how they responded. It reveals Wellington the professional fighting man who created the remarkable intelligence and logistical services that were the keys to his victories. But it was as the national hero who beat Napoleon, gave Europe peace and adhered resolutely to the path of duty that he was honoured by his countrymen who saw him as 'the highest incarnation of English character'.

Romanticism, History, Historicism

Romanticism, History, Historicism
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 254
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ISBN-10 : 9781135899660
ISBN-13 : 1135899665
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Romanticism, History, Historicism by : Damian Walford Davies

Download or read book Romanticism, History, Historicism written by Damian Walford Davies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "(re)turn to history" in Romantic Studies in the 1980s marked the beginning of a critical orthodoxy that continues to condition, if not define, our sense of the Romantic period twenty-five years on. Romantic New Historicism’s revisionary engagements have played a central role in the realignment of the field and in the expansion of the Romantic canon. In this major new collection of eleven essays, critics reflect on New Historicism’s inheritance, its achievements and its limitations. Integrating a self-reflexive engagement with New Historicism’s "history" and detailed attention to a range of Romantic lives and literary texts, the collection offers a close-up view of Romanticism’s hybrid present, and a dynamic vision of its future.

Controversies in Applied Linguistics

Controversies in Applied Linguistics
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 366
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ISBN-10 : 0194374440
ISBN-13 : 9780194374446
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Book Synopsis Controversies in Applied Linguistics by : Barbara Seidlhofer

Download or read book Controversies in Applied Linguistics written by Barbara Seidlhofer and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2003 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are several issues in English teaching on which applied linguists take very different positions: e.g. linguistic imperialism, the validity of critical discourse analysis, the pedagogic relevance of corpus descriptions of language, the theoretical bases of second language acquisition research, the nature of applied linguistics itself. This book presents exchanges between scholars arguing different positions, and directs attention to the key points at issue.

Wellington

Wellington
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Publisher : HarperCollins (UK)
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 0007137508
ISBN-13 : 9780007137503
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Book Synopsis Wellington by : Richard Holmes

Download or read book Wellington written by Richard Holmes and published by HarperCollins (UK). This book was released on 2003 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britain s greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed the most serious threat to Napoleon. The Duke of Wellington s remarkable life and extraordinary campaigns are recreated with Holmes superb skill in this compelling book. Richard Holmes charts Wellington s stellar military career from India to Europe, and in the process, rediscovers the reasons Queen Victoria called him the greatest man the nineteenth century had produced. Combining his astute historical analysis with a semi-biographical examination of Wellington, Holmes artfully illustrates the rapid evolution in military and political thinking of the time. Wellington is a brilliant figure, idealistic in politics, cynical in love, a wit, a beau, a man of enormous courage often sickened by war. As Richard Holmes charts his progress from a shy, indolent boy to commander-in-chief of the allied forces, he also exposes the Iron Duke as a philanderer, and a man who sometimes despised the men that he led, and was not always in control of his soldiers. Particularly infamous is the bestial rampage of his men after the capture of Cuidad Rodgrigo and Badajoz. THE IRON DUKE is a beautifully produced book, complete with stunning illustrations and colour plates. Richard Holmes TV series to accompany THE IRON DUKE will be lavishly constructed in four parts, and filmed on location in Britain, India, Spain, Portugal, France and Belgium.