James the Second and the Duke of Berwick (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from James the Second and the Duke of Berwick Pour les esprits supérieurs, mais pour ces esprits seulement, la guerre est une excellente ecole, on y apprend a commander, a se décider, et surtout a administrer." The education, under fire, of the Duke of Berwick bears striking witness to the truth of M. Thiers´opinion. James Fitz-James was born to a high military position. As far as rank and pay went, a royal road lay before him; but so vigorous were his natural parts, so sound was his common sense, so keen his determination to be a soldier in fact, as well as in name, that every opportunity of gaining professional knowledge was turned to account, and by the force of merit, it may be fairly said, he rose to be a Marshal of France. His exploits in that office are beyond the scope of this volume. It simply treats of the campaigns which made the young Englishman worthy of the baton. The fame of his later time fills an ample space in his Memoirs, and in the French annals, but so briefly do history and his own modest pen notice Berwick´s earlier career, that I have attempted to string together some waifs and strays of information about his opening trials and growing aptitude for command. It is impossible to glance at the intrigues which preceded, and the conflict which followed, the Revolution of 1688, without being confronted by the unhappy King, whose faults and illusions destroyed the Stuart dynasty. His errors may be kept in view without suppressing the good qualities he certainly possessed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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