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Peninsular War : A New History by Charles J. Esdaile (2003, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan The Limited

ISBN-101403962316

ISBN-139781403962317

eBay Product ID (ePID)2434817

Product Key Features

Book TitlePeninsular War : a New History

Number of Pages640 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

TopicMilitary / Napoleonic Wars, Military / General, Europe / Spain & Portugal, Modern / 19th Century, Historical

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorCharles J. Esdaile

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.8 in

Item Weight33.7 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2003-273462

Reviews"Well written and featuring rational conclusions based on solid research, it is highly recommended..."--Lt. Col. Charles M. Minyard, Library Journal "His vigorous writing, comprehensive analysis and even-handed judgements make this an indispensable treatment..."--Publishers Weekly Annex

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal940.2/742

Table Of ContentLisbon: The Origins of the Peninsular War * Madrid: The Iberian Insurrections, May-June 1808 * BailÈn: The Summer Campaign of 1808 * Vimeiro: The Liberation of Portugal, August 1808 * Somosierra: Napoleon's Revenge, November-December 1808 * La CoruÑa: the Campaign of Sir John Moore, December 1808-January 1809 * Oporto: Conquest Frustrated, January-June 1809 * Talavera: The Fall of the Junta Central, July 1809-January 1810 * Seville: The Bonaparte Kingdom of Spain 1803-1813 * Pancorbo: The Emergence of Guerilla War, 1808-1810 * CÁdiz: The Making of the Spanish Revolution, 1810-1812 * Torres Vedras: The Defense of Portugal, July 1810-March 1811 * Albuera: Stalemate on the Portuguese Frontier, March-September 1811 * Badajoz: The Anglo-Portuguese Offensive of 1812 * Burgos: The Autumn Campaign of 1812 * Vitoria: The Defeat of King Joseph, January-June 1813 * Pyrenees: The Invasion of France, July-November 1813 * BÁscara: Peace and Thereafter

SynopsisAt the end of the 18th century Spain remained one of the world's most powerful empires. Portugal, too, was prosperous at the time. By 1808, everything had changed. Portugal was under occupation and ravaged by famine, disease, economic problems and political instability. Spain had imploded and worse was to come. For the next six years, the peninsula was the helpless victim of others, suffering perhaps over a million deaths while troops from all over Europe tore it to pieces. Charles Esdaile's brilliant new history of the conflict makes plain the scope of the tragedy and its far-reaching effects, especially the poisonous legacy that produced the Spanish civil war of 1936-9.

LC Classification NumberDC231.E834 2003