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Talavera
Andrew Field
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Description for Talavera
Hardcover. The Battle of Talavera was one of the key confrontations of the Peninsular War. In a bloody contest, the British and Spanish under Wellesley and Cuesta won a tactical victory over the French forces of Victor and Joseph Bonaparte. This graphic analysis reconstructs the action and questions assumptions about the event that have grown up. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 illustrations and maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 626.
The Battle of Talavera was one of the key confrontations of the Peninsular War. In a bloody contest the British and Spanish under Wellesley and Cuesta won a tactical victory over the French forces of Victor and Joseph Bonaparte. The battle was the climax of the offensive launched by Wellesley and his Spanish allies to expel the French from Madrid. Andrew Field's graphic analysis is the first full-length reassessment to be published in recent times. Using documentary records, eyewitness accounts and a painstaking study of the terrain, he reconstructs the action in vivid detail and questions assumptions about the ... Read more
The Battle of Talavera was one of the key confrontations of the Peninsular War. In a bloody contest the British and Spanish under Wellesley and Cuesta won a tactical victory over the French forces of Victor and Joseph Bonaparte. The battle was the climax of the offensive launched by Wellesley and his Spanish allies to expel the French from Madrid. Andrew Field's graphic analysis is the first full-length reassessment to be published in recent times. Using documentary records, eyewitness accounts and a painstaking study of the terrain, he reconstructs the action in vivid detail and questions assumptions about the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
625g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844152681
SKU
V9781844152681
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About Andrew Field
Andrew Field is a serving army officer whose travels around the world have given him a unique opportunity to explore battlefields from ancient history to present times. He has always harboured a special fascination for the Napoleonic Wars. In particular he has reassessed Napoleon's extraordinary campaign in 1814, and has carried out extensive research into Wellington's battles in the ... Read more
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