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

didactylos's review

4.0

I was a little sceptical given this is written by one of his family, but actually its pretty good at explaining the complexities of the period and when it gets to the battle does a good job of analysis. I did so long for some maps to explain where things were and also to give the sense of the battle's flow.

justabean_reads's review

3.0

Well researched, of course, and reasonably well told, with lots of quotes from the diaries of soldiers and whatnot, but the book failed to convince me of the importance of the battle the author claimed was history making, and the last third of the book dragged badly. Spencer, I have noticed, tends to write overly positive accounts of his subjects, without really acknowledging their flaws or weaknesses. After this and Prince Rupert, I probably won't read anything else by him.