A History of the Peninsular War (6 book series) by Sir Charles Oman
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Overview: The 1807-14 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon’s strategic need to impose his rule over Portugal and Spain, it evolved into a constant drain on his resources. Sir Charles Oman’s seven-volume history of the campaign is an unrivalled and essential work. His extensive use and analysis of French, Spanish, Portuguese and British participants’ accounts and archival material, together with his own inspection of the battlefields, provides a comprehensive and balanced account of this most important episode in Napoleonic military history.
The first part of this classic work provides the background to the war and its origins, and covers the early stages of the conflict. Introducing the subject and many of its main players, this volume recounts the French invasion of Portugal and the forcible deposition of the Spanish royal family, the beginning of Spanish popular resistance, the arrival of the British in the Iberian Peninsula, the first victories of Sir Arthur Wellesley (the future Duke of Wellington), Napoleon’s personal participation in the Spanish campaign, the French surrender at Baylen, and Sir John Moore’s terrible retreat, ending with his death in the hour of victory at the Battle of Corunna.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History > History of Spain & Portugal > Napoleonic War History
Includes:
A History of the Peninsular War Volume I 1807-1809: From the Treaty of Fontainebleau to the Battle of Corunna [Illustrated Edition]
A History of the Peninsular War, Volume III September 1809 to December 1810: September 1809 to December 1810: Ocana, Cadiz, Bussaco, Torres Vedras [Illustrated Edition]
A History of the Peninsular War, Volume IV December 1810-December 1811: Massena’s Retreat, Fuentes De Onoro, Albuera, Tarragona [Illustrated Edition]
A History of the Peninsular War, Volume V: October 1811-August 31, 1812: Valencia, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Madrid [Illustrated Edition]
A History of the Peninsular War, Volume VI: September 1, 1812 to August 5, 1813: Siege of Burgos, Retreat of Burgos, Vittoria, the Pyrenees [Illustrated Edition]
A History of the Peninsular War, Volume VII: August 1813 to April 14, 1814: St Sebastian’s Capture, Wellington’s Invasion of France, Battles of Nive, Orthez, Toulouse [Illustrated Edition]
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