HistoricalNonfiction
Track this book
You choose which shelves are public. Progress and read dates stay yours.
About
"Marlborough: His Life and Times is an exhaustive, four-volume panegyric biography, in which Churchill defends his ancestor against claims of war-mongering and charlatanism made by Thomas Macaulay, a 19th-century historian and Whig politician. The Duke of Marlborough was a military commander and statesman, who rose from a page at the Stuart court to one of the richest and most successful royal subjects. Churchill deftly explains the political, military, and social issues wrestled with by Marlborough in the course his career, including the Glorious Revolution and War of Spanish Succession, but…
More by Winston S. Churchill
All books
More like this
Reviews
Rating integrity
HealthyCounted ratings come from accounts older than 7 days and were made on or after publication. Finished readers weigh ×1.0. Readers who have not finished yet weigh ×0.5. Did-not-finish ratings are shown but not counted.
Editions
23 editions- Audiobook · English · 1989Books on Tape, Inc. · 9780736616423
- Audiobook · English · 1989Books on Tape, Inc. · 9780736616430
- Audiobook · English · 1989Books on Tape, Inc. · 9780736616416
- Hardcover · English · 1982Marlborough and His TimesMacMillan Library Reference · 1200 pages · 9780684176741
- Audiobook · English · 1968Books On Tape · 9785557101189
- Audiobook · English · 1968Books On Tape · 9785557101059
BiographyCourt and courtiersGeneralsHistoryHistory, MilitaryMilitary HistoryPolitics and governmentStatesmen