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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. x, 300 pages ; 21 cm. The second of two collections of essays based on papers given at the Second Wellington Congress, held at the University of Southampton in July, 1998. Contents: Wellington's friend? Lord Londonderry and the Duke of Wellington / A. Heesom -- The Duke of Wellington and the Ultra peers / R.W. Davis -- A long and difficult association: the Ultra Tories and 'the Great Apostate' / D.G.S. Simes -- The uses of celebrity: the attempted exploitation of the Duke of Wellington, 1819-32 / S. Durham -- Military men fall out: Wellington, Cockburn and the last Lord High Admiral, 1827-8 / R. Morriss -- The solidier and the classicist: Wellington, Aberdeen and the Eastern Question, 1828-30 / M. Chamberlain -- The foreign policy of Wellington's government, 1828-30 / P. Jupp -- Wellington and political unions: rumours, misinformation and the Great Reform Act of 1832 / N. LoPatin -- Wellington and the government of Ireland, 1832-46 / P. Gray -- Wellington and the Corn Laws 1845-6: a study in heresthetic / I. McLean -- Immortal Wellington: literary tributes to the hero / N. Thompson. Seller Inventory # PGSOU10