The Waterloo Archive: The British Sources - Couverture rigide

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Glover, Gareth

 
9781848326552: The Waterloo Archive: The British Sources
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1848326556 ISBN 13 : 9781848326552
Editeur : Frontline Books, 2012

Synopsis

WATERLOO ARCHIVE VOLUME IV contains letters and journals written largely in the immediate aftermath of the whirlwind campaign of 1815, both from the frontline troops and the support services, including medical reports and those of civilians. This volume includes: * Letters by Sir Hussey Vivian and a much fuller version of the famous description by Frederick Ponsonby of his wounding and his subsequent adventures whilst lying on the battlefield during and after the battle. * The correspondence of officers in the infantry such as John Gardiner and George Barlow of the 69th Foot, and Daniel Mackinnon, famous for the defence of Hougoumont. * Representing the cavalry, we have Captain John Whale, Lifeguards, who appears to have written the opening circumstantial narrative of A Near Observer for Miss Eaton and George Packe of the 13th Light Dragoons, and those who were not on the field during the battle such as Arthur Kennedy of the 18th Hussars and Dixon Denham of the 54th Foot. * A series of letters to Sir Charles Bell from various surgeons attending to the wounded in Brussels give both a fascinating and appalling view of the consequences of war. * A fascinating description from a witness of Napoleon onboard HMS Bellerophon at Plymouth including an original drawing of him before he sailed into exile on St Helena and a journal of a marine officer during the subsequent passage.

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À propos de l?auteur

GARETH GLOVER has researched the Napoleonic wars for over 30 years, and in the last seven years has undertaken to publish the huge number of previously unpublished accounts he has gathered. He has published over 30 volumes of these memoirs to date and has plans to publish at least another 20, greatly increasing the body of first-hand material available.

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Éditeur
Frontline Books
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1848326556
ISBN 13 
9781848326552
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Buchpark GmbH
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