The Peninsular War: a new history

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For years Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe. Nothing could have prepared the Spanish for the devastating implosion of 1808-14. Trafalgar destroyed its navy and the country degenerated into a brutalized shambles. This work comes to terms with this conflict.

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Full title :The Peninsular War : a new history / Charles Esdaile.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2002

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Penguin Books
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2002

Notes

Originally published in 2002 by Allen Lane.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 586 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, maps, portraits ; : 20 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0140273700, 9780140273700, 1403962316, 9781403962317
oclc:ocn413824192
LC Classification:DC231
Dewey Decimal:940./2742

Preface -- List of illustrations -- List of maps -- 1. Lisbon: the origins of the Peninsular War -- 2. Madrid: the Iberian insurrections, May-June 1808 -- 3. Bailén: the Summer Campaign of 1808 -- 4. Vimeiro: the Liberation of Portugal, August 1808 -- 5. Somosierra: Napoleon's Revenge, November-December 1808 -- 6. La Coruña: the Campaign of Sir John Moore, December 1808-January 1809 -- 7. Oporto: conquest frustrated, January-June 1809 -- 8. Talavera: the Fall of the Junta Central, July 1809-January 1810 -- 9. Seville: the Bonaparte Kingdom of Spain 1808-1813 -- 10. Pancorbo: the emergence of Guerrilla War, 1808-1810 -- 11. Cádiz: the making of the Spanish Revolution, 1810-1812 -- 12. Torres Vedras: the defence of Portugal, July 1810-March 1811 -- 13. Albuera: stalemate on the Portuguese Frontier, March-December 1811 -- 14. Badajoz: the Anglo-Portuguese Offensive of 1812 -- 15. Burgos: the Autumn Campaign of 1812 -- 16. Vitoria: the defeat of King Joseph, January-June 1813 -- 17. Pyrenees: the invasion of France, July-November 1813 -- 18. Báscara: peace and thereafter -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further reading -- Bibliography -- Index.