Gertsog Mal'boro.Chelovek,polkovodets,politik - Ivonina L.

The hero of this book - the famous English general and politician Duke John Marlborough. He was probably the most famous person in Europe at the beginning of the Enlightenment, and his opinion - perhaps the most influential. The talents of the warlord were combined in it with the quirkiness of the diplomat and the dexterity of the court. Marlborough was considered European monarchs, and some of them were forced to obey him. Peter the Great was closely watching the turns of his policy. The turbulent life of Marlborough was full of adventures that underpinned the mythologization of his image and became the basis of conflicting opinions about him. A special light on his personality casts what is among his direct descendants Winston Churchill and Princess Diana. Lyudmila Ivonina made an attempt to understand the motives that guided the all-powerful Duke, step by step following him through his life and meeting many outstanding people along the way.