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The Peninsula Years: Britain's Redcoats in Spain and Portugal

Door Donald Sydney Richards

Categorie
Europa
Boeknummer
#377078-VA51
Titel
The Peninsula Years: Britain's Redcoats in Spain and Portugal
Auteur
Richards, Donald Sydney
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Barnsley : Leo Cooper Books
Jaar van uitgave
2002
ISBN10
0850529190
ISBN13
9780850529197
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original burgundy boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, some illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
The Peninsular Campaign was conducted over terrain ranging from the sun scorched plains of Andalusia to the picturesque snow covered passes of the Pyrenees. Drawing on the experiences and observations of fifty-six officers and men who fought during the years 1808 to 1814, The Peninsula Years is a thrilling and fast moving narrative of the bloody campaigns in the Iberian Peninsula, as well as showing insight into the everyday hardships common to the ordinary British redcoat. The contrary nature of the infantryman of that time is effectively illustrated in the long and arduous retreat to Corunna with its accompanying scenes of drunken and licenscious behaviour yet, when the occasion called for it, he was capable of outstanding feats of suicidal bravery as demonstrated at Albuera or in the mu... (Lees verder)rderous assault against Badajoz Wellington may have referred to the men under his command as scum, but without their fortitude, bravery and endurance he knew that Spain would never have been swept clean of France's elite divisions, thus paving the way for Napoleon's eventual downfall and defeat. Selling Points * The Peninsular War remains one of the most popular military subjects. * This book makes extensive use of the graphic personal accounts of fighting men, from private soldier to senior officer. * Immediate and vivid campaigning history. The Author Born in 1922, Donald Richards served with the RAF as a navigator during the Second World War. Previously published works include The Peninsula Veterans (MacDonald and Janes 1975) and The Savage Frontier (Macmillan 1990). He lives at Charlton, London SE7.
Pagina's
225
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 7,00

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