Marlborough: No. 10 - Brossura

This useful short biography of Marlborough looks at each of these major battles and the way in which each was won, as well as covering the less well known but equally impressive campaigns that saw the French forced out of their major defensive lines and Marlborough s successful sieges. The text is well supported by battlefield maps, illustrations and contemporary paintings, complete with useful captions noting where the paintings are inaccurate (mainly due to the artistic conventions of the period, in which commanders are almost always shown watching the battle develop from a convenient hill). There is also an interesting section looking at the way in which Malborough s reputation has fluctuated over the years, perhaps reaching its peak in Winston Churchill s biography of his most famous ancestor. --HistoryofWar.org

The most successful British general of his era, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, flourished during the War of the Spanish Succession against Louis XIV.