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Letters From Portugal, Spain and France 1812-1814

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#327344-XD18
Titel	Letters From Portugal, Spain and France 1812-1814
Auteur	Broughton, Samuel D.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Stroud : Nonsuch Publishing
Jaar van uitgave	2005
ISBN10	1845880307
ISBN13	9781845880309
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting	This book presents a very personal account by the author of his campaigning experiences on the march from Lisbon to Boulogne during the Peninsular War against Napoleonic France. Broughton was a soldier of the 2nd Life Guards, later becoming its regimental surgeon, but his aim was to record not only campaign details but anything he found of interest during his travels. The letters contain fascinating details not often found in memoirs concerning this campaign, including descriptions of the local diet and portrayals of contemporary society, festivals, and customs, as well as recording the particulars of the military actions in which the author was engaged. From the balls and dinner-parties in Lisbon via the discomforts of campaign to the splendours of Paris, this is an engaging and elegant n... (Lees verder)arrative of a tumultuous period in European history.
Pagina's	192
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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