Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Peninsular Eyewitnesses: the Experience of War in Spain and Portugal 1808 - 1813, Hardback Book

Peninsular Eyewitnesses: the Experience of War in Spain and Portugal 1808 - 1813 Hardback

Hardback

Item not Available

Description

Many books have been written about the British struggle against Napoleon in the Peninsula.

A few recent studies have given a broader view of the ebb and flow of a long war that had a shattering impact on Spain and Portugal and marked the history of all the nations involved.

But none of these books has concentrated on how these momentous events were perceived and understood by the people who experienced them.

Charles Esdaile has brought together a vivid selection of contemporary accounts of every aspect of the war to create a panoramic yet minutely detailed picture of those years of turmoil.

The story is told through memoirs, letters and eyewitness testimony from all sides.

Instead of generals and statesmen, we mostly hear from less-well-known figures - junior officers and ordinary soldiers and civilians who recorded their immediate experience of the conflict.

Information

Save 26%

£25.00

£18.29

Item not Available
Item not Available
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information