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Trade Review"Wondrously enthralling." (The TImes (London))
Table of ContentsList of Maps.Preface.Prologue.PART ONE: LOUIS'S EUROPE.ONE: A Rod for His Own Back.TWO: An Island No More.THREE: John Churchill.FOUR: France Feels the Strain.FIVE: The Spanish Succession.PART TWO: THE WAR.SIX: Taking Sides.SEVEN: The War in Flanders.EIGHT: Friends Like These.NINE: Closing In.PART THREE: THE CAMPAIGN.TEN: Cutting the Gordian Knot.ELEVEN: Prince Eugene.TWELVE: Combined Forces.THIRTEEN: The Storming of the Schellenberg.FOURTEEN: Looking to Louis.FIFTEEN: Laying Waste to Bavaria.SIXTEEN: Battle Looms.PART FOUR: THE BATTLE.SEVENTEEN: Battle Joined.EIGHTEEN: Blenheim Village.NINETEEN: General Engagement.TWENTY: Cavalry Charge.TWENTY-ONE: Victory.TWENTY-TWO: 'Que dira le roi?'TWENTY-THREE: Vindication.TWENTY-FOUR: Lessons Learned.PART FIVE: THE AFTERMATH.Sources.Appendices.A. The Senior Officers of the Army of the Grand Alliance at Blenheim.B. British and Irish Regiments who Fought at Blenheim.C. The Regiments Brought into Bavaria by Marshal Tallard.Bibliography.Index.