Voices from the Peninsula: Eyewitness Accounts by Soldiers of Wellington's Army, 1808u1814 by Ian Fletcher

Voices from the Peninsula: Eyewitness Accounts by Soldiers of Wellington's Army, 1808u1814 by Ian Fletcher

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. The author's skilful 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. Although 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'.

Ian Fletcher is a Fellow of the International Napoleonic Society and a member of the British Commission for Military History. He runs Ian Fletcher Battlefield Tours, escorting clients around the pre-twentieth-century battlefields of the Iberian Peninsula. He is the author and editor of numerous works of military history.

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ISBN 13	9781848328044
ISBN 10	1848328044
Title	Voices from the Peninsula: Eyewitness Accounts by Soldiers of Wellington's Army, 1808u1814
Author	Ian Fletcher
Series	Napoleonic Library
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published	2016-06-01
Number of pages	256
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