Peter Snow in Ilkley: To War With Wellington
Broadcaster and historian Peter Snow presents the epic story of how a junior British general expelled Napoleon's army from Spain and Portugal. Hear him at the Ilkley Literature Festival.
What made Arthur Duke of Wellington the military genius who was never defeated in battle?
In the vivid narrative style that is his trademark, Peter Snow recalls how Wellington evolved from a backward, sensitive schoolboy into the aloof but brilliant commander.
He tracks the development of Wellington's leadership and his relationship with the extraordinary band of men he led from Portugal in 1808 to their final destruction of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo seven years. Having described his soldiers as "the scum of the earth", Wellington transformed them into the finest fighting force of their time.
In this programme, recorded at the 2010 Ilkley Literature Festival, he is in conversation with the Yorkshire Post's Digital Editor David Behrens, and on stage at the King's Hall, Ilkley.
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Peter Snow was for many years the indispensable face of election night TV, as an acclaimed broadcaster, presenter (Battlefield Britain, Newsnight, Tomorrow's World) journalist and author.
To War with Wellington is published by John Murray at 25. ISBN: 1848541031
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