The board members for the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History have decided to award this year’s medal to John Gooch for his book ‘Mussolini’s War’ John Gooch’s Mussolini’s War (Penguin Books ...

The winners emerged from a strong shortlist of authors writing on military history. At the award ceremony the winning authors were given the medal by The Duke of Wellington, a member of the Judging ...

The Duke of Wellington's legacy still towers over British history today. The hero of Waterloo, vanquisher of Napoleon – poet laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson hailed him as the 'last great Englishman'.