Wellington's Men, Some Soldier Autobiographies

Wellington's Men, Some Soldier Autobiographies
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Publisher : London G. Bell 1900.
Total Pages : 440
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015019786550
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Synopsis Wellington's Men, Some Soldier Autobiographies by : William Henry Fitchett

Catalogue of the Books in the Senior Section

Catalogue of the Books in the Senior Section
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Total Pages : 658
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:HW2O89
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Synopsis Catalogue of the Books in the Senior Section by : Johannesburg (South Africa). Public Library

Among Our Books

Among Our Books
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 462
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B2992083
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Synopsis Among Our Books by : Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Catalogue of the Central Lending Library

Catalogue of the Central Lending Library
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Total Pages : 744
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ISBN-10 : UIUC:30112112381808
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Synopsis Catalogue of the Central Lending Library by : Newcastle Central Library

The Military Memoir and Romantic Literary Culture, 1780–1835

The Military Memoir and Romantic Literary Culture, 1780–1835
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 9781351885676
ISBN-13 : 1351885677
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Synopsis The Military Memoir and Romantic Literary Culture, 1780–1835 by : Neil Ramsey

Examining the memoirs and autobiographies of British soldiers during the Romantic period, Neil Ramsey explores the effect of these as cultural forms mediating warfare to the reading public during and immediately after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Forming a distinct and commercially successful genre that in turn inspired the military and nautical novels that flourished in the 1830s, military memoirs profoundly shaped nineteenth-century British culture's understanding of war as Romantic adventure, establishing images of the nation's middle-class soldier heroes that would be of enduring significance through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As Ramsey shows, the military memoir achieved widespread acclaim and commercial success among the reading public of the late Romantic era. Ramsey assesses their influence in relation to Romantic culture's wider understanding of war writing, autobiography, and authorship and to the shifting relationships between the individual, the soldier, and the nation. The memoirs, Ramsey argues, participated in a sentimental response to the period's wars by transforming earlier, impersonal traditions of military memoirs into stories of the soldier's personal suffering. While the focus on suffering established in part a lasting strand of anti-war writing in memoirs by private soldiers, such stories also helped to foster a sympathetic bond between the soldier and the civilian that played an important role in developing ideas of a national war and functioned as a central component in a national commemoration of war.

Wellington in the Peninsula, 1808–1814

Wellington in the Peninsula, 1808–1814
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Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Total Pages : 613
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ISBN-10 : 9781783830886
ISBN-13 : 1783830883
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Wellington in the Peninsula, 1808–1814 by : Jac Weller

The author of Wellington at Waterloo delivers an in-depth history of the military commander’s tactics and strategy in the Peninsular War. After gaining strategic and tactical experience in Colonial India, Arthur Wellesley went to battle against French forces in the Peninsular War. With his decisive victories there, he ascended to the peerage of the United Kingdom as the 1st Duke of Wellington. Inthis volume, historian Jac Weller delivers a complete account of Wellington’s career on the Iberian Peninsula, covering all the battles in which he took part. Talavera, The battles of Busaco, Salamanca and Vitoria are among the famous conflicts Weller brings to life in the lively chronicle, combining meticulous research with extensive visits to the historic battlefields. Supplementing his accessible narrative with photographs, Weller demonstrates how this great commander finally achieved victory after six years of battle against Napoleon’s army.

Wellington at Waterloo

Wellington at Waterloo
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Publisher : Frontline Books
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9781848325869
ISBN-13 : 184832586X
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Wellington at Waterloo by : Jac Weller

Jac Weller studies every move and counter-move of the battle, recreating not only the actions and tactics of the two great leaders but the epic engagements and clashes between the troops themselves that were pivotal for the victory or defeat. The author also studies the related battles of Quatre Bras and Ligny. He takes the reader with him onto the battlefield of Waterloo, a terrain whose features are still recongnisable today, and which is bought to life for the reader by detailed maps and by the authors vivid and riveting descriptions of the progress of the fighting.This completely original approach, appreciated by the Times Literary Supplement on the books first publication, strikes as fresh today, and this new edition, with an introduction specially written for it by the author, will be eagerly read by military enthusiasts and general reader alike.