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G. Daly - The British Soldier in the Peninsular War: Encounters with Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814 - 9781349458820 - V9781349458820
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The British Soldier in the Peninsular War: Encounters with Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814

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Description for The British Soldier in the Peninsular War: Encounters with Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814 paperback. Series: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Combining military and cultural history, the book explores British soldiers' travels and cross-cultural encounters in Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814. It is the story of how soldiers interacted with the local environment and culture, of their attitudes and behaviour towards the inhabitants, and how they wrote about all this in letters and memoirs.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
Series
War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349458820
SKU
V9781349458820
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About G. Daly
Gavin Daly is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Tasmania, Australia.

Reviews for The British Soldier in the Peninsular War: Encounters with Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814
"Between 1808 and 1814 many British soldiers found a substitute for the traditional 'grand tour' in the 'tour de force' represented by the Peninsular War. In this book, meanwhile, we have a 'tour de force' of another kind: as comprehensive as it is elegant, it should catapult its author to the very forefront of the historiography." - Professor Charles J. ... Read more

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