The Peninsular War

Informationen zum Autor Charles Esdaile is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Liverpool and the author of THE WARS OF NAPOLEON. Klappentext For centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had one of the world's great navies to defend it. Trafalgar destroyed its navy and French and British armies marching across it at will. The result was a war which killed over a million Spaniards and ended its empire. This book presents this terrible conflict. Zusammenfassung For centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had the largest empire and one of the world's great navies to defend it. Nothing could have prepared the Spanish for the devastating implosion of 1805-14. Trafalgar destroyed its navy and the country degenerated into a brutalized shambles with French and British armies marching across it at will. The result was a war which killed over a million Spaniards and ended its empire. This book is the first in a generation to come to terms with this spectacular and terrible conflict, immortalised by Goya and the arena in which Wellington and his redcoats carved out one of the greatest episodes in British military history.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Esdaile, Charles J. Esdaile
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.10.2003
• EAN: 9780140273700
• ISBN: 978-0-14-027370-0
• No. of pages: 624
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; Portugal, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, France, Spain, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / Napoleonic Wars, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Specific wars and campaigns, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Napoleonic Wars, Military institutions, Land forces and warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Europe / Spain, HISTORY / Military / Land Forces, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800), HISTORY / Europe / Portugal