Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Survey of London: Chelsea. pt. 4. The Royal Hospital
Author: Survey of London
Author: Walter H. GodfreySurvey of London
Author: Survey of London: St. Pancras. pt. 4. King's Cross neighbourhood
Author: The Spaces of the Hospital
Author: Dana ArnoldPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134343604
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The Spaces of the Hospital explores the role and significance of hospitals as agents of change in London c1680-1820.
Survey of London
Author: The Royal Hospital Chelsea
Author: Dan CruickshankPublisher: Third Millennium Information Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A portrait of the famous London institution, The Royal Hospital Chelsea.
Veteran Poetics
Author: Catherine Mary McLoughlinPublisher:
ISBN: 1107195934
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Illustrates how war veterans have been used in British literature since the 1790s to explore being, knowing and storytelling.
Survey of London: Chelsea. pt. 1
Author: The British Army, 1783–1815
Author: Kevin LinchPublisher: Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1526738023
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The British army between 1783 and 1815 – the army that fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars – has received severe criticism and sometimes exaggerated praise from contemporaries and historians alike, and a balanced and perceptive reassessment of it as an institution and a fighting force is overdue. That is why this carefully considered new study by Kevin Linch is of such value. He brings together fresh perspectives on the army in one of its most tumultuous – and famous – eras, exploring the global range of its deployment, the varieties of soldiering it had to undertake, its close ties to the political and social situation of the time, and its complex relationship with British society and culture. In the face of huge demands on its manpower and direct military threats to the British Isles and territories across the globe, the army had to adapt. As Kevin Linch demonstrates, some changes were significant while others were, in the end, minor or temporary. In the process he challenges the ‘Road to Waterloo’ narrative of the army’s steady progress from the nadir of the 1780s and early 1790s, to its strong performances throughout the Peninsular War and its triumph at the Battle of Waterloo. His reassessment shows an army that was just good enough to cope with the demanding campaigns it undertook.