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    WELLINGTON’S AMERICAN GENERAL

    May 12, 2022 1 minute
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    AN ENTERTAINING AND AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT OF A REMARKABLE MILITARY CAREER

    Author: Nicholas Fogg Publisher: Amberley Price: £20

    There is an insatiable appetite for books on the works on several levels. First of all, it is a fascinating account of the unusually long and eventful military career of Frederick Robinson. Secondly, it is a well-written travelogue, packed with detail and anecdote that will be engrossing to any enthusiast of the era. Finally, it offers eyewitness accounts not only of battles but of the swirling rumours surrounding military matters – being a brigadier general did not necessarily mean an officer had any idea what was really going on.

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