To War With Wellington - From the Peninsula to Waterloo

Zusatztext 'Snow writes with tremendous elan and his appraisal of Wellington is scrupulously fair' Informationen zum Autor Peter Snow is a highly respected journalist, author and broadcaster. He was ITN's Diplomatic and Defence Correspondent from 1966 to 1979 and presented BBC's Newsnight from 1980 to 1997. An indispensable part of election nights, he has also covered military matters on and off the world's battlefields for forty years. He presented the BBC documentaries Battlefield Britain and The World's Greatest Twentieth Century Battlefields with his son Dan. He is the author of several books including To War with Wellington and When Britain Burned the White House . Klappentext The story of one of the world's greatest soldiers - and the men who fought with him.The story of one of the world's greatest soldiers - and the men who fought with him. Zusammenfassung The story of one of the world's greatest soldiers - and the men who fought with him.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Snow, Snow Peter
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 12.05.2011
• EAN: 9781848541047
• ISBN: 978-1-84854-104-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Biography: historical, political and military, Specific wars and campaigns, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)