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Filled with swashbuckling derring-do, the reek of blood and gunpowder, combined with shrewd analysis of power, war and psychology (Simon Sebag Montefiore )
Those wishing to immerse themselves in this golden age of British military success will relish David's fine piece of history (Sunday Times )
An extraordinary story, packed with drama, incident and great characters...Combines a clear and powerful narrative with shrewd judgements, illuminating vignettes and fresh and telling detail... 'All The King's Men' is all you could hope for...Quite an achievement. (Patrick Bishop Country Life )
At 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 Telegraph )
a big meaty, satisfying and thought-provoking book, a real achievement (Patrick Bishop )
Incisive and acute . . . [David] always finds a telling phrase, an eye-catching detail or a human story (Sunday Times, on VICTORIA'S WARS )
Those wishing to immerse themselves in this golden age of British military success will relish David's fine piece of history (Sunday Times )
An extraordinary story, packed with drama, incident and great characters...Combines a clear and powerful narrative with shrewd judgements, illuminating vignettes and fresh and telling detail... 'All The King's Men' is all you could hope for...Quite an achievement. (Patrick Bishop Country Life )
At 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 Telegraph )
a big meaty, satisfying and thought-provoking book, a real achievement (Patrick Bishop )
Incisive and acute . . . [David] always finds a telling phrase, an eye-catching detail or a human story (Sunday Times, on VICTORIA'S WARS )
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Filled with swashbuckling derring-do, the reek of blood and gunpowder, combined with shrewd analysis of power, war and psychology -- Simon Sebag Montefiore Those wishing to immerse themselves in this golden age of British military success will relish David's fine piece of history Sunday Times An extraordinary story, packed with drama, incident and great characters...Combines a clear and powerful narrative with shrewd judgements, illuminating vignettes and fresh and telling detail... 'All The King's Men' is all you could hope for...Quite an achievement. -- Patrick Bishop Country Life At 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 Telegraph a big meaty, satisfying and thought-provoking book, a real achievement -- Patrick Bishop Incisive and acute ... [David] always finds a telling phrase, an eye-catching detail or a human story Sunday Times, on VICTORIA'S WARS
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Similar to Simon Sebag Montefiore and Max Hastings, Saul David is accomplished at blending together scholarship, narrative and argument. This book is ambitious in its scope, but yet more than any other book on the British Army released over the past few years All The King's Men meets most of its ambitions. Biography, military minutiae, frontline accounts, set piece battles and the burdens of leadership are all married together with intelligence and style.
If I had to have one small criticism I would say that the chapters on the American War of Independence do not quite stand up to those that come before or after, but that may partly be put down to the nature of the war and our defeat.
I sincerely hope that the author is planning a follow-up to All The King's Men. Professor David has written with authority and affection recently about General Slim, in his short but superb book Great Military Commanders. I would be interested in his views about how the British Army performed in WWI and WWII. All the King's Men gloriously recounts how we passed muster in numerous conflicts which came before.
If I had to have one small criticism I would say that the chapters on the American War of Independence do not quite stand up to those that come before or after, but that may partly be put down to the nature of the war and our defeat.
I sincerely hope that the author is planning a follow-up to All The King's Men. Professor David has written with authority and affection recently about General Slim, in his short but superb book Great Military Commanders. I would be interested in his views about how the British Army performed in WWI and WWII. All the King's Men gloriously recounts how we passed muster in numerous conflicts which came before.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is informed, argumentative and elegant. Saul David, who has written definitive books about the Indian Mutiny and the Zulu War, has now turned his attention to the 18th century (and up to and including the battle of Waterloo). The book is worthwhile for its portraits of Marlborough and Wolfe alone - but All The King's Men also encompasses the virtues (and vices) of ordinary Redcoats and includes some wonderful set-piece accounts of great battles, such as Blenheim and Quebec.
All The King's Men is far from a hagiography though - and the British Army is rightly criticised for its performance in the American War of Independence (albeit this is partially through the fault of its commanders at the time). There are wonderful nuggets of trivia and the author quotes well (from officers and ordinary soldiers alike) and even though I have read widely on Wellington and Waterloo for instance, Saul David has been able to mine new information from regimental archives.
All The King's Men is also the perfect complement to the author's recent short book on generals and generalship, Great Military Commanders, in which Professor David argues who is Britain's Greatest General - Marlborough, Wellington or Slim. I will not spoil it for readers who may wish to know the author's answer to that question but what I will say is that, from reading All The King's Men, we can be justly proud of having a great British army throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
Required reading.
All The King's Men is far from a hagiography though - and the British Army is rightly criticised for its performance in the American War of Independence (albeit this is partially through the fault of its commanders at the time). There are wonderful nuggets of trivia and the author quotes well (from officers and ordinary soldiers alike) and even though I have read widely on Wellington and Waterloo for instance, Saul David has been able to mine new information from regimental archives.
All The King's Men is also the perfect complement to the author's recent short book on generals and generalship, Great Military Commanders, in which Professor David argues who is Britain's Greatest General - Marlborough, Wellington or Slim. I will not spoil it for readers who may wish to know the author's answer to that question but what I will say is that, from reading All The King's Men, we can be justly proud of having a great British army throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
Required reading.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As a reader, whilst I'm fairly up on the General's points of view on various wars, it's how the rank and file troops were armed and equipped that always kept me interested. This book by Saul David takes the reader by the hand and gives you the information on how the soldier changed from the Restoration (the 1660's) through to Waterloo (1815) via the various equipment changes and also the training alongside how they interacted on the field.
War is an ever changing beast yet this title by Saul really does bring it all to life, allowing the reader to follow the information in an easy to understand method as well as making it easy to recall. All in a cracking title and one that I'll be referring to time and again. Great stuff.
War is an ever changing beast yet this title by Saul really does bring it all to life, allowing the reader to follow the information in an easy to understand method as well as making it easy to recall. All in a cracking title and one that I'll be referring to time and again. Great stuff.
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