Lord Mountbatten Biography Book

Louis was born a prince of battenberg a great grandson of queen victoria whose family tree dripped with famous names.

Lord mountbatten biography book. 25 june 1900 27 august 1979 was a british royal navy officer and statesman an uncle of prince philip duke of edinburgh and second cousin once removed of queen elizabeth iiduring the second world war he was supreme allied commander south east asia. The life of extreme wealth and privilege enjoyed by him and his wealthy wife did not always bring them happiness and mountbatten obviously had many different facets to his personality. An illustrated biography based on the television history hardcover january 1 1968 by john terraine author. This is a well researched biography of lord mountbatten.

Andrew lownies joint biography of louis and edwina mountbatten chronicles both the high and low moments of the couples careers. Enjoyed the book and learned from it. Louis and edwina were born in 1900 and 1902 into fortunate if somewhat equivocal circumstances. Lord mountbatten had a distinguished career as rear admiral british royal navy having great achievement in burma.

Complete and comprehensive biography of one of the outstanding military officers in history. The life and times of lord mountbatten. 46 out of 5 stars 6. A great tragedy for the country and its people.

However in my view lady mountbatten was the real hero. Lord mountbatten no doubt performed as he was told but i found very little that was admirable in the way the occupation of india was terminated. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg. This book would be good information for any person in the military business or most any area.

By earl mountbatten of burma louis mountbatten and philip ziegler oct 1 1990. A major figure behind his nephew philips marriage to queen elizabeth ii and instrumental in the royal family taking the mountbatten name he was supreme allied commander of south east asia during world war ii and the last viceroy of india. A great book of phillip ziegler on india.