Author:Saul David,Sean Barrett
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Saul David's comprehensive history, All The King's Men: The British Soldier from the Restoration to Waterloo, read by the actor Sean Barrett.
"The British soldier," wrote a Prussian officer who served with Wellington, "is vigorous, well fed, by nature highly brave and intrepid, trained to the most vigorous discipline, and admirably well armed... These circumstances explain how this army ... has never yet been defeated in the field."
From the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the Downfall of Napoleon in 1815, Britain won a series of major wars against France that enabled her to lay the foundations of a global empire. By Waterloo, she was the paramount maritime and industrial power in the world, and would remain so for much of the nineteenth century.
This is the story of that extraordinary century and a half of martial success and the people who made it possible: the soldier-kings William III and the first two Georges; the generals Marlborough, Wolfe, Moore and Wellington; and the ordinary British redcoats who - despite harsh service conditions that included low pay, poor housing, inadequate food and brutal discipline - rarely let their commanders down in battles as far afield as Blenheim, Plassey, Quebec and Waterloo.
Filled with swashbuckling derring-do, the reek of blood and gunpowder, combined with shrewd analysis of power, war and psychology
—— Simon Sebag MontefioreThose wishing to immerse themselves in this golden age of British military success will relish David's fine piece of history
—— Sunday TimesAt a time when the Army is facing cutbacks while being expected to fight distant, unpopular wars on a shoestring, David's book could not be more topical
—— Nigel Jones , Sunday Telegrapha big meaty, satisfying and thought-provoking book, a real achievement
—— Patrick BishopSplendid. Saints, lunatics, and warlords ... they are all here in David's pageant
—— Max Hastings , Sunday Telegraph, on VICTORIA's WARSIncisive and acute . . . [David] always finds a telling phrase, an eye-catching detail or a human story
—— Sunday Times, on VICTORIA'S WARSA new study by Peter Caddick-Adams ... succeeds in contextualising these two commanders and in analysing the contributions each made to the art of military leadership. The use of the comparative method enables us to see not only how different these two men were, but also how difficult it remains to define what successful military leadership is all about
—— The TabletVery entertaining and stylistic writer
—— James Holland, History TodayMonty and Rommel: Parallel Lives, is an utterly absorbing and entertaining book devoted to two of the most charismatic and strategically important military leaders of the Second World War .... It is certainly a must for anyone with a modicum of interest in the military and contemporary history
—— The NetworkerA first-class work of scholarly and entertaining history
—— Andrew RobertsA wonderful mine of information for fans of either general ... [Caddick-Adams] is a military historian of great industry who shows an impressive grasp of his materials ... The author's central purpose is achieved with impressive and cumulative success as his book progresses
—— New RepublicThis biography is one of a kind … tactical talents, personalities and military careers are rivetingly compared and evaluated
—— Express
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