Easton Press: THE FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD, Creasy, Famous Editions

Description: This text is featured in the Easton Press series Collector's Library of Famous Editions. Published in 1969, bound in handsome Black leather,and beautifully illustrated by Jospeh Domjan, this edition would be a worthy addendum to your collectibles library. Specifics of this series from the Easton Press website: Fully and tightly bound in genuine leather. 22kt gold accents deeply inlaid on the "hubbed" spine.Heavy duty binding boards... .Superbly printed on acid-neutral paper... .Sewn pages – not just glued like ordinary books....moiré endpages and a satin-ribbon page marker.Gilded page ends. Included with the book is an insert of Easton Press Notes from the Archives. **************************************************************************************************** "Ranging from Marathon to Waterloo, this classic of military history chronicles battles that changed the course of history. Originally published in 1851, at the zenith of British imperial power, it found an eager audience of readers who wanted to understand how Britain had achieved its tremendous influence and how long it would last. Since then, these chronicles of ancient and modern military confrontations have informed and inspired generations of students and armchair historians. Educated at Eton College and the University of Cambridge, Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy was called to the Bar in 1837, appointed to the faculty of the University of London in 1840, and served as Chief Justice of Ceylon from 1860 to 1870. Creasy's scholarship and literary skill are complemented by his judicial attitude, which endows this book with a fair-minded, nonpartisan approach. He prefaces each battle with an introduction that explains the circumstances surrounding the war, as well as an afterword that considers how history might have changed had victory gone to the other side. Linking passages offer valuable insights into historical events that occurred between the major encounters. Influential and ever-popular, this book offers authoritative and entertaining analyses of the conflicts that shaped world history." ______________________________________________________________________ "The son of a land agent, he was born in Bexley, Kent, England, and educated at Eton College (where he won the Newcastle Scholarship in 1831) and King's College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1837 and appointed assistant judge at the Westminster sessions court. In 1840, he began teaching history at the University of London and wrote a number of historical books including The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1851). Creasy was knighted in 1860 and spent the next decade and a half in Ceylon as Chief Justice of Ceylon (1860 to 1875). . . . Creasy's best known contribution to literature is his Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1851). The reason that Creasy gives for the significance of many of the fifteen battles is that they denied Eastern peoples access to European soil. Other battles are seen as "decisive" because they shaped the development of Britain, which was the world's leading power at the time of writing. . . . " The above text was taken from, respectively, Dover Publications (via Google Books) and Wikipedia.[Creasy, Edward Shepherd. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo. United States: Dover Publications, 2008.]

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