- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Pen & Sword Books (August 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1848840616
- ISBN-13: 978-1848840614
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,102,219 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Wellington's achievements in the Peninsular War cannot be overestimated. At the outset in 1808 Napoleon and his Marshals appeared unstoppable. By the close Wellington and his Army had convincingly defeated the French and taken the war across the Pyrenees into France itself. He and his Generals had waged a hugely successful campaign both by conventional means and guerrilla warfare.This book contains the pithy biographies of some forty senior officers who served Wellington, in the majority of cases, so ably during this six year war. Many had experience of battle prior to the Peninsular and went onto greater heights thereafter. There is a section summarizing the major engagements that this 'band of brothers' took part in. The book is arranged in alphabetical order and each thoroughly researched entry places its subject's life in his historical and political context. The result is a highly entertaining, informative and authoritative book.returncharacterreturncharacter returncharacterreturncharacter REVIEWS returncharacterreturncharacter..".informative, well written, and an essential reference tool for those interested in the period." Past in Review, 10/11/2010
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must have for Napoleonic study, Aug 28 2010
By David L. Poremba "the past in review" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wellington's Peninsular War Generals and Their Battles: A Biographical and Historical Dictionary (Hardcover)
A companion piece to the author's Nelson's Trafalgar Captains and Their Battles, Wellington's Peninsular War Generals & Their Battles covers the lives of forty-one of the best known divisional commanders, heads of supporting arms and services (i.e. artillery, cavalry and supply), and principal staff officers of Wellington's Army in Spain from 1808 to 1812.The book is divided into two distinct sections, the first consisting of the biographies conveniently arranged alphabetically, and the second consisting of the battles these men fought in, arranged chronologically, beginning with the Low Countries in 1793 and ending with Waterloo in 1815. At the end of each battle entry is a list of generals in the book who participated in each. There is an Introduction wherein the author discusses the promotion system, the purchase of commissions and the importance of patronage in Georgian England.
As any reputation would pale when next to Wellington's (not to mention his own low opinion of practically everybody), a close look at these men and their careers reveals extensive active service both before and often after the war against Napoleon. Also revelatory are the facts that most of them came from or married into titled families; almost half of them were of Scottish descent; and two were Germans.
All in all, this book is informative, well written and an essential reference tool for those interested in the period.
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