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Voices From the Napoleonic Wars: From Waterloo to Salamanca, 14 eyewitness accounts of a soldier´s life in the early 1800s
Jon E. Lewis
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Paperback. Fourteen vivid, first-hand accounts of a soldier's life in the Age of Napoleon Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 358.
Voices from the Napoleonic Wars reveals in telling detail the harsh lives of soldiers at the turn of the eighteenth century and in the early years of the nineteenth - the poor food and brutal discipline they endured, along with the forced marches and bloody, hand-to-hand combat. Contemporaries were mesmerised by Napoleon, and with good reason: in 1812, he had an unprecedented million men and more under arms. His new model army of volunteers and conscripts at epic battles such as Austerlitz, Salamanca, Borodino, Jena and, of course, Waterloo marked the beginning of modern warfare, ... Read more
Voices from the Napoleonic Wars reveals in telling detail the harsh lives of soldiers at the turn of the eighteenth century and in the early years of the nineteenth - the poor food and brutal discipline they endured, along with the forced marches and bloody, hand-to-hand combat. Contemporaries were mesmerised by Napoleon, and with good reason: in 1812, he had an unprecedented million men and more under arms. His new model army of volunteers and conscripts at epic battles such as Austerlitz, Salamanca, Borodino, Jena and, of course, Waterloo marked the beginning of modern warfare, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
358g
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472136152
SKU
V9781472136152
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About Jon E. Lewis
Jon E. Lewis is a writer and historian. His many previous books include bestsellers The Mammoth Book of the West, The Mammoth Book of Polar Journeys, The Mammoth Book of True War Stories and World War II: The Autobiography. He lives in Herefordshire, England, with his partner and children.
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