Marlborough"It is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes."from the preface to Volume One John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough (1644 1722), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesmen in the history of England. Victorious in the Battles of Blenheim (1704), Ramillies (1706), and countless other campaigns, Marlborough, whose political intrigues were