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Edward Shepherd Creasy was born at Bexley in Kent in 1812.
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Arranges the great principles of the English Constitution in an accessible form to prove their antiquity, illustrate their development, and point out their enduring value.
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Undoubtedly the most famous work of military history of the nineteenth century, Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy's "The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World" has been read and re-read for close to 150 years. It is not only the authoritative account of each battle that makes "Fifteen Decisive Battles" such a classic-it is his command of narrative, his interest in human struggle, his profound deductions as to effects of the battles, and his striving after truth. Furthermore, his selections seem as wise and well-considered today as when "The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World" first appeared in 1851: Nobody since has made better ones, nor given us better accounts. Apart from the scholarship and literary skill of "Fifteen Decisive Battles," there is another reason it has endured: Creasy was essentially fair-minded. He had been a judge, and when he became England's great military critic and historian, he maintained a thoroughly judicial attitude. He was not a British partisan, nor French, nor German-he was a cosmopolitan observer of great events. Out of 2300 years, Creasy only found fifteen battles which he called decisive in the highest sense-and these are the ones featured in "The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World." He chose them not for the number of killed and wounded, nor for their status in myth and lore, but because they fundamentally changed the course of world history. In doing so, he made "Fifteen Decisive Battles" a miniature military history of the western world, a classic that will repay continued study for generations to come, as it has for generations.
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Painting rich portraits of imperial conquest, diplomatic intrigue, and battlefield genius, Sir Edward Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles of the Western World captured the imagination of r4eaders in Victorian England and became one of the best-selling books of its generation. Creasy effectively created a new genre in military history., His crisp and clear depictions of history's greatest battles traced how military conflicts from Marathon to Waterloo gave rise to, sustained, and brought down history's greatest civilizations, empires, and nation-states.
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Edward Shepherd Creasy was born at Bexley in Kent in 1812.
Edward Shepherd Creasy was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge.
Edward Shepherd Creasy became a fellow of King's College in 1834, and having been called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn three years later, was made assistant judge at the Westminster sessions court. In 1840 he was appointed professor of modern and ancient history in the university of London, and in 1860 became chief justice of Ceylon and a knight. Broken down in health he returned to England in 1870, and after a further but short stay in Ceylon died in London on the 27th of January 1878. Creasy's most popular work is his Fifteen decisive Battles of the World, which, first published in 1851, has passed through many editions. He also wrote The History of the Ottoman Turks (London, 1854 - 1856); History of England (London, 1869 - 1870); Rise and Progress of the English Constitution (London, 1853, and other editions); Historical and Critical Account of the several Invasions of England (London, 1852); a novel entitled Old Love and the New (London, 1870); and various other works.
(Painting rich portraits of imperial conquest, diplomatic ...)
(Undoubtedly the most famous work of military history of t...)
(Arranges the great principles of the English Constitution...)
