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Voices From The Penninsula: Eyewitness Accounts by Soldiers of Wellington's Army, 1808-1814

Door Ian Fletcher

Categorie
Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer
#377364-VB50
Titel
Voices From The Penninsula: Eyewitness Accounts by Soldiers of Wellington's Army, 1808-1814
Auteur
Fletcher, Ian
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Greenhill Books
Jaar van uitgave
2001
ISBN10
1853674591
ISBN13
9781853674594
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, some illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
The Peninsular War was one of the most successful campaigns ever fought by the British Army. Between 1808, when British troops landed in Portugal, and 1814, when Wellington's Army advanced into the south of France, British soldiers were involved in countless battles and sieges against Napoleon's vaunted French veterans. Drawing on rare letters, diaries and memoirs, Ian Fletcher presents a superb insight into the daily lives of British soldiers in this momentous period and evokes such key battles and sieges as Vimiero, Talavera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria and San Sebastian. Ian Fletcher's skillful compilation of accounts, placed in context by important background detail, make this the story of the Peninsular War in the words of the men who marched, fought and triumphed with Wellington. Al... (Lees verder)though there have been many accounts of soldiering in Wellington's army, Voices from the Peninsula throws new light on the experience of Napoleonic warfare and brings to life what Wellington called 'the finest military machine in existence'.
Pagina's
306
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 8,00

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