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John Burgoyne of Saratoga
Autor: James D. Lunt
Rok: 1975
ISBN: 9780151464029
OKCZID: 110778454
Citace (dle ČSN ISO 690):
LUNT, James D. John Burgoyne of Saratoga. 1st ed. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1975. xiv, 369 s.
Anotace
A professional soldier as well as a distinguished military historian, James Lunt brings a special authority to his biography of a British general who played a key role in the American Revolution. "Gentleman Johnny," he was called - an admiring and affectionate sobriquet bestowed by the men who fought under him, largely because of his enlightened notions about military discipline. But he was a gentleman in other respects, what his century called a man of parts, and a decidedly romantic figure as well. He eloped with Lady Charlotte Stanley, daughter of one of the most powerful aristocrats in the land, and became her devoted husband; after her death he entered into a long liaison with one Susan Caulfield, whom he never married though she bore him four children. Both before and after the Colonies had won their independence he was an active Member of Parliament, and he was an occasional poet and author of a play that took London by storm. These and other aspects of a complex man, deeply flawed but also admirable, General Lunt presents in full. But the heart of his book deals with Burgoyne's military adventures and misadventures in North America, most notably the recapture of Fort Ticonderoga, the preliminary defeat at Bennington, the final and crucial defeat at Saratoga. His account of these actions, and of the grueling conditions ender which they were fought, is both lucid and graphic. He also strikes a balance between the detractors of Burgoyne and his ardent apologists- The result of this coolly judicious yet sympathetic approach is a fascinating and perceptive portrait. And because General Lunt has views of his own about Saratoga, considered by some historians as among the decisive battles of the world, John Burgoyne of Saratoga is a challenging as well as an illuminating historical study.
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