Archibald Wavell
The Life and Times of an Imperial Servant
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781407092935
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 512
A great many anecdotes enliven Adrian Fort's welcome biography of the scentist who, in two wars, strove to unite science and the conduct of war.
Professor Richard Overy, Literary Review
This admirable biography...thoughtful, well-written, judicious account of a brilliantly clever man.
Sir Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph
This thoughtful, amused and well-researched biography
Ben Pimlott, Guardian
This wholly admirable...scholarly book which provides fascinating, if sometimes disconcerting, glimpses of the world of science and government in the 1930's and 1940's
Professor Raymond Carr, Spectator