Recollections of the Peninsula: An Officer of the 34th Regiment of Foot-'the Cumberland Gentlemen'-on Campaign Against Napoleon's French Army in Spain - Couverture souple

Sherer, Moyle

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1846775116 ISBN 13 : 9781846775116

Editeur : Leonaur Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

A finely written account of the war in Spain by a serving British officer

Moyle Sherer, a young officer of the 34th Regiment of Foot-The Cumberland Gentlemen-has brought a writers eye and pen to his experiences of life on campaign and on the battlefield as a member of Wellington's Army fighting Napoleon's French during the Peninsular Campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. The reader will be treated to rare detail of action, countryside, friends, foes and uniform often missing from the works of less able authors. Sherer was present at Busaso and Albuera among other engagements and his descriptions of the actions and their aftermaths are graphic, riveting and chilling. This red-coated infantryman's chronicle of the war in Spain has long been highly regarded as one of the best memoirs of the period making it essential for serious and casual students alike.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The following pages have occupied and amused the leisure of my winter evenings, in a dull uninteresting garrison on home service. I relate what I saw, thought, and felt, as a man, a traveller, and a soldier, during five interesting years. The style of a soldier can need no apology; it is beneath the notice of a scholar and the critic. We pass our lives in conversing with mankind; they in conversing with books. We only observe and draw hasty conclusions ;they observe, compare, and study. Ours is a life of action; theirs of repose. We write to amuse; they to instruct.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

A vivid account by an officer who fought throughout the Peninsular War with the 34th Foot (The Border Regiment) and was present at the capture of the Arroyo Drums. Written soon after the events, these memoirs provide keen insights into Spain and Portugal during the Napoleonic Era.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Leonaur Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1846775116
• ISBN 13: 9781846775116
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 196
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible