By any standards, the seven year land campaign centered on the Iberian Peninsula between Napoleon's French armies and Britain and her Portugese ally was as dramatic as it was prolonged. While the Napoleonic Wars came to their historic climax at Waterloo in June 1815, the scene was set by the events of the Peninsular War. In Wellington at War in the Peninsula, experienced historian and travel writer Ian Robertson describes the flow of the campaign which established Wellington as one of the greatest military commanders and ...
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By any standards, the seven year land campaign centered on the Iberian Peninsula between Napoleon's French armies and Britain and her Portugese ally was as dramatic as it was prolonged. While the Napoleonic Wars came to their historic climax at Waterloo in June 1815, the scene was set by the events of the Peninsular War. In Wellington at War in the Peninsula, experienced historian and travel writer Ian Robertson describes the flow of the campaign which established Wellington as one of the greatest military commanders and provides invaluable information and advice for the would-be battlefield visitor.
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Used-Very Good. VG paperback. Published in 2000 with numerous B&W illustrations; binding tight; spine uncreased; faint crease to top corner of front cover; owner's sticker on half-title; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy.
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New in New dust jacket. 085052735X. 351 pages. With frontispiece, plates, maps & illustrations.; Paperback; Octavo (standard book size); The seven year land campaign centred on the Iberian Peninsual between Napoleon's French armies and Britain and her Portuguese ally was as dramatic as it was prolonged. While the Napoleonic Wars came to their historic climax at Waterloo in June 1815, the scene was set by the events of the Peninsular War. Experienced historian and travel-writer Ian Robertson describes the Campaign which established Wellington as one of the greatest military commanders and provides invaluable information and advice for the would-be battlefield visitor.