A History of the Peninsular War
- ISBN-10
- 1853672157
- ISBN-13
- 9781853672156
- Series
- A History of the Peninsular War
- Pages
- 664
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Author
- Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman
Description
It is exhaustive in detail and in breadth of coverage. If it happened, it is in one of these volumes. Napoleon may have considered Spain a side show, but as results turned out it was a bleeding ulcer.
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- 2005
- 574 pages
- Paperback
- Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal
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- 2004
- 568 pages
- Paperback
- Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal
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