Vintage Book – With Wellesley To Madras

Vintage Book - With Wellesley To Madras

Book title: With Wellesley To Madras
Author: Andrew Watson
Publisher: Frederick Muller Limited, London
Pages: 347 including photo illustrations
Year: 1965

This book is about a British hero, Arthur Wellesley. An ambitious soldier in the British Indian army. Rising from the ranks to become the Duke of Wellington. Wellesley had defeated Tipu Sultan in the 4th Anglo-Mysore war. He then went on to defeat Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo. The British conferred on him, the title of Duke of Wellington, after defeating Tipu Sultan. Arthur later became the prime minister of England not once but twice.

Also read Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington.

From the collection- Kerala A Portrait Of The Malabar Coast by George Woodcock.,  1851 Watercolor Painting of Madras Fort St George., 1880 Old Photo of Madras- Cooum River.,  1800s Hand Colored Print of Jama Masjid & Outskirts Delhi