Bloody Albuera by Ian Fletcher
During 1811 in the Peninsular War, British, Portuguese and Spanish troops stopped the Napoleonic troops at Albuera in the South-west of Spain. The battle ended in an Allied victory and appalling loss of life. Ian Fletcher tells the whole story.
Fletcher, Ian: - Ian Fletcher is a Fellow of the International Napoleonic Society and a leading authority on the Peninsular War and Wellington's army. Born in London in 1957, his first book, In Hell Before Daylight, was published in 1984, since when he has written or edited twenty-four others, including Galloping at Everything, The Crimean War: A Clash of Empires, and Wellington's Regiments. He worked on the BBC's Decisive Weapons series, the History Channel's Line of Fire and Sharpe's War series and Channel 4's series Revolutionary Armies. He has also appeared on Russian and Ukrainian television as part of an award-winning 4-part documentary series on the Crimean War.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861263728 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861263724 |
| Title | Bloody Albuera |
| Author | Ian Fletcher |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The Crowood Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-11-20 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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