With a little help from our friends.(Book Review)

Publication: Spectator

Publication Date: 28-AUG-04

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BLENHEIM: BATTLE FOR EUROPE by Charles Spencer Weidenfeld, 20 [pounds sterling], pp. 365, ISBN 0297846094 18 [pounds sterling] (plus 2.25 [pounds sterling] p&p) 0870 800 4848

BLENHEIM, 1704: MARLBOROUGH'S GREATEST VICTORY by James Falkner Pen & Sword Military, 10.99 [pounds sterling], pp. 144, ISBN 184415050X

By rights the battle of Blenheim in 1704 ought to be as well known as Waterloo. It was just as momentous, just as exciting, just as victory-snatched-from-the-jaws-of-defeat. In fact you could argue--as Winston Churchill did--that it was the event which opened for Britain 'the gateways of the modern world'. So how come all most of us remember about it today is that it was won by John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough and that it...

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