Author: William Hay
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Category : Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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Author: William HAY (C.B., Captain, 5th Dragoon Guards.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 311

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Author: William Hay
Publisher: From Reason to Revolution
ISBN: 9781911512325
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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William Hay had a varied and exciting military career during the later years of the Napoleonic Wars, which took him to the Peninsula, to Waterloo and, after 1815, to Canada. First commissioned into the crack 52nd Light Infantry - and serving with that regiment in the campaigns of 1810 and 1811 - promotion took him into the 12th Light Dragoons. Afte

Author: Lady Magdalene De Lancey
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Category : Medicine, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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Author: Matilda Greig
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192649337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Dead Men Telling Tales is an original account of the lasting cultural impact made by the autobiographies of Napoleonic soldiers over the course of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the nearly three hundred military memoirs published by British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese veterans of the Peninsular War (1808-1814), Matilda Greig charts the histories of these books over the course of a hundred years, around Europe and the Atlantic, and from writing to publication to afterlife. Drawing on extensive archival research in multiple languages, she challenges assumptions made by historians about the reliability of these soldiers' direct eyewitness accounts, revealing the personal and political motives of the authors and uncovering the large cast of characters, from family members to publishers, editors, and translators, involved in production behind the scenes. By including literature from Spain and Portugal, Greig also provides a missing link in current studies of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, showing how the genre of military memoirs developed differently in south-western Europe and led to starkly opposing national narratives of the same war. Her findings tell the history of a publishing phenomenon which gripped readers of all ages across the world in the nineteenth century, made significant profits for those involved, and was fundamental in defining the modern 'soldier's tale'.

Author: George F. Nafziger
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 081086617X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387

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The author covers one of the most explosive and most exciting periods of world history, spanning the time from the eruption of the French Revolution through the end of the Napoleonic wars (1789-1815). These twenty-six years of history saw the birth of nationalism and Western democracy, economic crisis and political convulsion, the growth of industrialism, the death of ancient traditions, and the birth and break-up of empire. It was the time of Napoleon, who gave his name to this period of tremendous change: the period in which the roots of modern Europe were planted. This work is intended as a broad review, devoting a majority of its attention to the military and political events and personalities of the period, while also surveying the major artistic, social and cultural events and personalities that formed this period.

Author: B.R. Ward
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732642712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90

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Reproduction of the original: A Week at Waterloo in 1815 by B.R. Ward

Author: John Vandeleur
Publisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1473854733
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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'The author has done a quite outstanding job of editing and footnoting this rare memoir . . . this will be of genuine interest to the Peninsular War historian or enthusiast.' Philip Haythornthwaite John Vandeleur's letters home to his mother are a lively and engaging account of active service during the Napoleonic Wars, recounting everything from day-to-day life on campaign to the experience of pitched battle at Vitoria and Waterloo. As first a light infantryman and then a light cavalryman, Vandeleur was frequently on the outposts of Wellington's forces, in frequent contact with the French and often obliged to live a rough-and-ready lifestyle as a result. The conditions that he endured, and the camaraderie that sustained him, are vividly recounted in this fascinating collection – previously only available in an extremely rare private publication over a century ago. Expertly edited and enhanced with contemporary documents and commentary by Andrew Bamford, this is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the Peninsular War and Waterloo campaign.

Author: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568

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Vol. 11, pt. 1, "Centennial volume," includes full list of officers and members of the academy, 1780-1881.

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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 908

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