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With Wellington's Outposts: The Peninsular and Waterloo Letters of John Vandeleur
John Vandeleur
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Description for With Wellington's Outposts: The Peninsular and Waterloo Letters of John Vandeleur
Hardcover. This collection of letters previously only available in an extremely rare private publication released over a century ago gives a fascinating first-hand account of life on campaign and of the experience of battle. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 pages of b/w plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; BJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 516.
'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 parents 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 ... Read more
'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 parents 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Frontline Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848327740
SKU
9781848327740
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99-1
About John Vandeleur
ANDREW BAMFORD was born in Yorkshire and now lives in Derby, where he works as a freelance historian and author after obtaining a PhD in Military History from the University of Leeds. He is the author of several books, including Gallantry and Discipline: The 12th Light Dragoons at War with Wellington to which this volume is in part intended as ... Read more
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