Blenheim: Battle for Europe, How Two Men Stopped The French

Blenheim: Battle for Europe, How Two Men Stopped The French Conquest Of Europe

By the summer of 1704 Louis XIV's vast armies threatened to dominate Europe.

Two men conspired to save the continent from French rule: John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, and Prince EugÃ¨ne of Savoy.

Deep in Germany, these two committed allies sought to engage Louis's superior forces.

At Blenheim, their daring plans came to fruition.

The French were utterly destroyed.

From the deliberations of kings and princes, to the eyewitness accounts of frontline soldiers, â€˜Blenheim: Battle for Europeâ€™ is a compelling account of an often overlooked but major turning point in European history.

â€˜Not only a highly accomplished account of the battle and its wider consequences, but also a shrewd and persuasive reassessment of the personalities involvedâ€™ â€“ Sunday Telegraph

â€˜Charles Spencerâ€™s new study offers not only a highly accomplished account of the battle and its wider consequences, but also a shrewd and persuasive reassessment of the personalities involved...Spencerâ€™s account maintains the detachment of the professional historian, and is safely ancestor-worship freeâ€™ â€“ John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph

â€˜Charles Spencer has written a history of the War of Spanish Succession â€” the struggle for European dominance between France and her major European rivals in the early 18th century â€” in a splendidly old-fashioned style, full of bold epithets and broad judgments...The result is a book that is compulsively readable...the pages of this vividly written book are populated by memorable secondary charactersâ€™ â€“ Andrew Roberts, Mail on Sunday

â€˜Where Spencer has made a real contribution to our understanding of the war of the Spanish succession is in his exploitation of the French sources â€” diplomatic and military, including the correspondence between Louis XIV and his generals and diplomatsâ€™ â€“ John Crossland, Sunday Times

â€˜There is much to enjoy in this racy, fast-paced narrative, well stocked with larger-than-life characters...The account of the storming of the Schellenberg heights...is truly grippingâ€™ â€“ Tim Blanning, Times Literary Supplement

Charles Spencer was educated at Eton College and obtained his degree in Modern History at Magdalen College, Oxford. He is the author of five books, including the Sunday Times bestseller â€˜Blenheim: The Battle for Europeâ€™ (shortlisted for History Book of the Year, National Book Awards), 'Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I', â€˜The Spencer Familyâ€™ and â€˜Prince Rupert: The Last Cavalierâ€™.

Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.

Country	USA
Author	Charles Spencer
Binding	Kindle Edition
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Endeavour Press
Manufacturer	Endeavour Press
NumberOfPages	331
PublicationDate	2014-11-05
Publisher	Endeavour Press
ReleaseDate	2014-11-05
Studio	Endeavour Press

Blenheim: Battle for Europe, How Two Men Stopped The French Conquest Of Europe

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