William O'Connor Morris Bibliography

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WILLIAM O'CONNOR MORRIS (1824–1904)

The French Revolution And First Empire: An Historical Sketch (1874)

ℹ️ Epochs Of History.

https://archive.org/details/frenchrevolution00morr/page/n5/mode/2up

Great Commanders Of Modern Times And The Campaign Of 1815 (1891)

https://archive.org/details/greatcommanders00morrgoog/page/n10/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/greatcommanderso00morrrich/page/n7/mode/2up

Napoleon, Warrior And Ruler: And The Military Supremacy Of Revolutionary France (1893)

ℹ️ Heroes Of The Nations.

https://archive.org/details/cu31924024330189/page/n9/mode/2up

Moltke: A Biographical And Critical Study (1894 · 2nd Edition)

https://archive.org/details/moltkebiographic00morr/page/n9/mode/2up

Memories And Thoughts Of A Life (1895)

https://archive.org/details/cu31924028146581/page/n9/mode/2up

Hannibal, Soldier, Statesman, Patriot: And The Crisis Of The Struggle Between Carthage And Rome (1897)

ℹ️ Heroes Of The Nations.

ℹ️ "HANNIBAL, like Napoleon, and even more decidedly than Napoleon, towers over all the figures of an age of war in its grandest aspects, and of the shock of nations in conflict. Except his father, who died when Hannibal was still a youth, no Carthaginian of his time had a pretence to greatness ; he is supreme over the soldiers and statesmen of Rome; he is the master spirit of the Mediterranean World. Nothing in the period of the Second Punic War can be compared to Hannibal, save the great people which at last overthrew the great man. We possess hardly anything which has emanated directly from this extraordinary personage, scarcely a phrase, not a line of correspondence ; his achievements and character have been described by bitter enemies, with the doubtful exception of one historian who understood his genius, yet inclined to the side of Rome. Yet through the mists of calumny and detraction we can see the form and the lineaments of that gigantic figure, one of the most commanding that has appeared in history. Hannibal was a consummate warrior, an illustrious statesman, a patriot, sustained through a career which proved every extreme of fortune by devotion to his country, and intense hatred of its implacable foe, and that too apparently without a thought of ambition and self-aggrandisement. The triumphs of Hannibal do not increase his stature, as he stands on the tracts of the past ; his misfortunes do not diminish it ; he seems superior to fate itself. The success of his arms would have been a calamity to mankind ; but this does not lessen his greatness, or the admiration it deserves." (Preface)

https://archive.org/details/hannibalsoldiers00morruoft/page/n11/mode/2up

The Campaign Of 1815: Ligny : Quatrel-Bras : Waterloo (1900)

ℹ️ "My object in this work has been to combine a succinct but complete narrative of the campaign of 1815 with a careful running commentary on its military operations, and thus to satisfy, as well as I could, the requirements of the general reader and of the real and scientific student of war. It is not for me to say how I have accomplished my purpose ; but I think there is no book exactly of this character in English literature, and the very favourable reception accorded to my ' Napoleon ' in the ' Heroes Series,' and to other writings of mine on the grand passage of arms of which Waterloo was the consummation, has induced me to hope that this volume will be not unacceptable to the public." (Preface)

https://archive.org/details/cu31924024320693/page/n5/mode/2up

Present Irish Questions (1901)

https://archive.org/details/presentirishques00morruoft/page/n3/mode/2up

Memoirs Of Gerald O'Connor: Of The Princely House Of The O'Connors Of Offaly In The Kingdom Of Ireland (1903)

https://archive.org/details/memoirsofgeraldo00morr/page/n5/mode/2up

Wellington, Soldier And Statesman: And The Revival Of The Military Power Of England (1904)

ℹ️ Heroes Of The Nations.

https://archive.org/details/cu31924027999790/page/n9/mode/2up

Ireland: 1494–1905 (1909 · 2nd Edition)

https://archive.org/details/ireland14941905200morruoft/page/n5/mode/2up
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