Wellington's War: His Peninsular Dispatches
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Julian Rathbone has made a selection from Wellington's Peninsular dispatches and letters and added his own dramatic explanatory narrative. In this way he has presented the living history of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0718138414
ISBN13:9780718138417
Release Date:July 1995
Publisher:Penguin Books
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"
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Very informative intro to the Peninsular War
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Normally I would give this a 3/4 star review, but as the book isn't likely to be reviewed frequently, I'll give it a 5 to balance the other review.Rathbone has taken Wellington's written commentary on the Peninsular War from letters, dispatches, etc, and woven them into a history of the expulsion of the French from the Iberian Penisula by the British, Portugese, and Spanish. Rathbone is indeed enamored of his subject, but rightly so (I'm sure there is plenty of counterbalancing material out there). The story is told in a clear, illuminating fashion, and is exciting until the end.I found Wellington as depicted here fascinating in his own words: brilliant, farthinking, strategic, daring, bold. It took a genius to beat the genius of Napoleon. This may not be the best material for serious students of this time, but as a contextual supplement to the Cornwell Sharpe series, it is perfec
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