Download or read book Marlborough and the Rise of the British Army (Classic Reprint) written by Christopher Thomas Atkinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Marlborough and the Rise of the British Army Editor of this series, Mr. H. W. C. Davis, for valuable criticisms and suggestions, and to the Earl Spencer, K. G., for kindly permitting the reproduction of the portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough from the Althorp collection. These have not pre viously been reproduced and Earl Spencer informs me that the portrait of the Duke is reported by tradition to have been that which the Duchess specially preferred. 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.