Book description
In Westminster Abbey a magnificent marble monument honours the memory
of Field Marshal George Wade. He is best remembered for his role in
disarming and pacifying the clans after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715,
and for the network of roads and bridges he built in the Scottish
Highlands. In all he did he was regarded as a gentleman of the highest
honour and integrity; and numerous worthy causes benefited from his
generosity, particularly in Bath, where he was the Member of Parliament
for twenty-six years. This book is a well-researched and documented
account of the life of George Wade - a man who made and kept many
friends who might easily have been his enemies. He was straightforward
and honest, and made a point of seeing the other man's point of view.
However, he was a flamboyant character who loved cards, wine, women,
comfort, good furniture and art, and had friends in high places.
