Conquer or Die!: Wellington's Veterans and the Liberation of the New World - Couverture rigide

Hughes, Ben

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1849081832 ISBN 13 : 9781849081832

Editeur : Osprey Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

In the aftermath of Waterloo, over 6,000 British volunteers sailed across the Atlantic to aid Simon Bolivar in his liberation of Gran Columbia from her oppressors in Madrid. The expeditions were plagued with disaster from the start, one ship sank shortly after leaving Portsmouth with the loss of almost 200 lives. Those who reached the New World faced disease, wild animals, mutiny and desertion. Conditions on campaign were appalling, massacres were commonplace, rations crude, pay infrequent and supplies insufficient. Nevertheless, those who endured made key contributions to Bolivar's success.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1815, just after the battle of Waterloo, over 6,000 British volunteers sailed across the Atlantic to aid Simon Bolivar in his liberation of Gran Columbia from her Spanish oppressors. The expeditions were plagued with disaster from the start, when one ship sank shortly after leaving Portsmouth with the loss of almost 200 lives. Those who reached the New World faced disease, wild animals, mutiny and desertion. Conditions on campaign were appalling, massacres were commonplace, rations crude, pay infrequent and supplies insufficient. Nevertheless, those who endured made key contributions to Bolivar's success.

This book tells the fast-paced and entertaining story of the British volunteers from the raising of the regiments in Britain to the perils of campaigning to their defiant stand at the battle of Carabobo. Drawing on the volunteers' memoirs, letters and journals, supported by unpublished documents and newspaper reports, Conquer or Die! is the result of research across two continents. It is the first narrative on the subject for over eighty years.

Revue de presse

"This is a blood-and-thunder tale... The numerous battle descriptions are extremely detailed, vivid, suspenseful and in some cases, horrifying. The demands upon men, animals and logistics of such chaotic warfare were extreme. Readers will wonder at the availability of such comprehensive source material. Who took notes, who wrote the dispatches in such fast-moving action in such primitive conditions?" - David C. Acheson, The Washington Times

"The book is a chronicle of hardship, deadly sea voyages, disease, wild animals, mutiny, brutal primitive warfare, frequent betrayal and desertion... Hughes has shed light on a little-known epic, on which no major non-fiction book has focused in almost a century." - Stephen Frater, Hearld Tribune

"Historian Ben Hughes’s detailed explications, with notes, bibliography and index, add rigor to his portraits of colorful characters such as the Scots merchant James Hamilton who strode about the jungle in full highland dress." - Zara Raab, Sacramento Book Review

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Osprey Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849081832
• ISBN 13: 9781849081832
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 392
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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