The Peninsular War Atlas (Revised)

Colonel Nick Lipscombe

ISBN 10: 1472807731 / ISBN 13: 9781472807731

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2014

About this Item

The Peninsular War is one of the defining campaigns of the British Army and sealed its reputation for supreme professionalism, heroic obstinacy and sheer perseverance. This book presents an examination of the conflict with 164 original maps, accompanied by an authoritative text narrating the war. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBWH; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 258 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2890. . 2014. Revised. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Peninsular War Atlas (Revised)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472807731
• ISBN 13: 9781472807731
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Now back in print, this new and revised edition of The Peninsular War Atlas has added new and updated maps and content to reflect the latest research into the long struggle for control of the Iberian Peninsula, all in an attractive slip case gift package.

Colonel Nick Lipscombe, who is based in Spain and is the chairman of the Peninsular War 200 organization, has used his unique perspective to make this new edition the very best study of the subject on the market. The Peninsular War saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the Napoleonic Wars. Over a period of five years it is estimated that half a million soldiers and civilians were killed in this bloodbath, however the battles there are far less well-known than other Napoleonic battles like Waterloo. Despite the exposure given this theatre in the Sharpe novels, the soldiers who fought there have received little public recognition. The bicentennial commemorations of this war aim to bring the war to wider recognition, bringing the Spanish, Portuguese and British together in remembering the dead, and re-examining the war in a balanced way.

About the Author

Colonel Nicolas (Nick) Lipscombe MSc FRHistS served for 34 years in the British Army. He is an accomplished historian, author and lecturer. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2016. His works include the award-winning Peninsular War Atlas and Concise History, Wellington's Guns, Wellington Invades France, the official Waterloo 200 Bicentenary compendium, Wellington's Eastern Front and most recently, The English Civil War: An Atlas and Concise History of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1639–51. He is a tutor at the University of Oxford, Department of Continuing Education and an active member of numerous historical societies. He lives in Oxford.