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A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809 : From the treaty of…
Oman, Charles, 1860-1946
"A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809: From the treaty of…" by Sir Charles Oman is a scholarly historical work published in 1902. This first volume of a seven-volume series examines the military campaigns of the Peninsular War in Iberia during the Napoleonic conflicts. Oman meticulously researched diaries, dispatches, and archives while personally visiting battlefields to counter earlier biased accounts. His Victorian prose brings equal analysis to Spanish, Portuguese, British, and French forces, focusing on individual soldiers rather than abstract military units in this thorough chronicle of warfare. ... Read more
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| Author | Oman, Charles, 1860-1946 |
|---|---|
| Title | A history of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809 : From the treaty of Fontainbleau to the battle of Corunna |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_Peninsular_War |
| Credits | Produced by Brian Coe, readbueno, Ramon Pajares Box, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 62.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco |
| Subject | Peninsular War, 1807-1814 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 53264 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-53264-6 |
| Release Date | Oct 12, 2016 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2381 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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