The Peninsular War : Wellington's battlefields revisited / Ian Fletcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fletcher, Ian, 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852--Military leadership.

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley.

Peninsular War, 1807-1814--Battlefields.

Peninsular War, 1807-1814.

Peninsular War, 1807-1814--Battlefields--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1994 Ian Fletcher published his book Fields of Fire, which was the first book to show Wellington's Peninsular War battlefields in full color. Now, almost 20 years on, he returns with a second book, The Peninsular War: Wellington's Battlefields Revisited which shows how things have changed since 1994. The beautiful photographs cover all of Wellington's major battles, and many smaller engagements also, to show them in all their glory, from the snowy Galician mountains, to the dry, dusty plain of Salamanca, and from the low rolling slopes of Albuera to the breathtaking Pyrenees. Coming as it d

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Title Page""; ""Wellington: An Introduction""; ""Chronology""; ""The Peninsular War""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

"First published in Great Britain in 2010"--Page facing title page.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (page 107-113) and index.

ISBN:

9781783404315

1783404310

9781783461592

1783461594

OCLC:

854974834