Description
| Product ID: | 9780140273700 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Peninsular War |
| Subtitle: | A New History |
| Authors: | Author: Charles Esdaile |
| Page Count: | 624 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Specific wars and campaigns, Land forces and warfare, Military institutions, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Napoleonic Wars, Land forces & warfare, Military life & institutions, England, Spain, Portugal, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating For centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had one of the world's great navies to defend it. Trafalgar destroyed its navy and French and British armies marching across it at will. The result was a war which killed over a million Spaniards and ended its empire. This book presents this terrible conflict. For centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had the largest empire and one of the world''s great navies to defend it. Nothing could have prepared the Spanish for the devastating implosion of 1805-14. Trafalgar destroyed its navy and the country degenerated into a brutalized shambles with French and British armies marching across it at will. The result was a war which killed over a million Spaniards and ended its empire. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-10-02 |
