Philip Guedalla: 7 books

War has been pervasive throughout the history of mankind.  But who were these men that fought and why did they fight?  This collection of essays by Philip Guedalla examines those question all the way from soldiers of the Norman Conquest through to the Ironsides of the English Civil right...

A figure described as “the last candle of the Eighteenth Century”, Lord Palmerston was the great statesman of his era.  He served in the War Office in the days of Empire, then in the Foreign and Home Offices before ascending to Prime Minister very late in his life, an office which he held...

In the aftermath of his defeat to the Allies Napoleon had one last throw of the dice to regain power.  Returning from his exile on Elba, Napoleon encourages French forces to fight with him once more as leader, and to discard their loyalty to the French king who had exiled him.  The old...

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), was the outstanding soldier of his age.  He joined the army and rose rapidly to command a Division in India.  After great military and administrative success, he was knighted on his return to England in 1805, and in 1809 this ‘sepoy general’...

Churchill was perhaps the greatest British leader of the last hundred years.  But how did the man become the Prime Minister who led his country through WWII.  ‘Mr Churchill’ is a brilliant portrait of a brilliant man, telling the life-story of the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, O.M.,...

Illustrated with 30 maps, portraits and diagrams of the Waterloo Campaign Philip Guedalla was a British barrister, nut he was better known as a popular historical and biographical writer. His subjects were many and varied, but he had a noted inclination toward European subjects and particularly...

A brilliant study of France and French military power through four generations. The careers of the two Marshalls span the years from Napoleon’s downfall to Verdun and Vichy France. “This biography of two soldiers of France is, in effect, a history of the French Army for a hundred years,...