Wellington's Rifles: Six Years to Waterloo with England's Legendary Sharpshooters

Urban, Mark

ISBN 10: 0802714374 / ISBN 13: 9780802714374

Published by Walker & Company, New York, 2004

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351 Pages Indexed. Purple Board Covers with Silver Lettering to Spine; Dark Maroon Endpapers. Beautiful condition. Book and Jacket protected with vinyl covering since purchase. A nineteenth-century Band of Brothers. The 95th Rifles was one of history's great fighting units, and Mark Urban brings them and the Napoleonic War gloriously to life in this unique chronicle. Focusing especially on six soldiers in the first battalion, Urban tells the Rifles' story from May 25, 1809, when they shipped out to join Wellington's army in Spain, through the battle of Waterloo in June 1815. Drawing on diaries, letters, and other personal accounts, Urban has fashioned a vivid narrative that allows readers to feel the thrill and horror of famous battles, the hardship of the march across Europe, the bravery and camaraderie of a nineteenth century Band of Brothers whose innovative tactics created the modern notion of infantryman.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wellington's Rifles: Six Years to Waterloo with England's Legendary Sharpshooters
• Publisher: Walker & Company, New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802714374
• ISBN 13: 9780802714374
• Binding: Hard Back
• Edition: First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: New

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Synopsis

A nineteenth-century Band of Brothers

The 95th Rifles was one of history's great fighting units, and Mark Urban brings them and the Napoleonic War gloriously to life in this unique chronicle. Focusing especially on six soldiers in the first battalion, Urban tells the Rifles' story from May 25, 1809, when they shipped out to join Wellington's army in Spain, through the battle of Waterloo in June 1815. Drawing on diaries, letters, and other personal accounts, Urban has fashioned a vivid narrative that allows readers to feel the thrill and horror of famous battles, the hardship of the march across Europe, the bravery and camaraderie of a nineteenthcentury Band of Brothers whose innovative tactics created the modern notion of infantryman.

About the Author

Mark Urban is the Diplomatic Editor of the BBC's "Newsnight" and a former defense correspondent for the Independent. He is the author of The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes. He lives in London, England.