The British Soldier in the Peninsular War: Encounters with Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814

Awards:   Runner-up for Templer Medal 2014 Runner-up for Templer Medal 2014.
Author:   G. Daly
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9781137323828


Pages:   302
Publication Date:   23 July 2013
Format:   Hardback
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  • Runner-up for Templer Medal 2014
  • Runner-up for Templer Medal 2014.

Overview

Combining military and cultural history, the book explores British soldiers' travels and cross-cultural encounters in Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814. It is the story of how soldiers interacted with the local environment and culture, of their attitudes and behaviour towards the inhabitants, and how they wrote about all this in letters and memoirs.

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Author:   G. Daly
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   5.023kg
ISBN:  

9781137323828


ISBN 10:   1137323825
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   23 July 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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""Between 1808 and 1814 many British soldiers found a substitute for the traditional 'grand tour' in the 'tour de force' represented by the Peninsular War. In this book, meanwhile, we have a 'tour de force' of another kind: as comprehensive as it is elegant, it should catapult its author to the very forefront of the historiography."" - Professor Charles J. Esdaile, University of Liverpool, UK


"""Between 1808 and 1814 many British soldiers found a substitute for the traditional 'grand tour' in the 'tour de force' represented by the Peninsular War. In this book, meanwhile, we have a 'tour de force' of another kind: as comprehensive as it is elegant, it should catapult its author to the very forefront of the historiography."" - Professor Charles J. Esdaile, University of Liverpool, UK"


Between 1808 and 1814 many British soldiers found a substitute for the traditional 'grand tour' in the 'tour de force' represented by the Peninsular War. In this book, meanwhile, we have a 'tour de force' of another kind: as comprehensive as it is elegant, it should catapult its author to the very forefront of the historiography. - Professor Charles J. Esdaile, University of Liverpool, UK


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Gavin Daly is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Tasmania, Australia.

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