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    The Napoleonic Wars (3): The Peninsular War 1807-1814

    By Gregory Fremont-Barnes

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    Napoleon's occupation of the Iberian peninsula embroiled him in a protracted and costly war against British, Spanish and Portuguese forces ultimately led by one of history's greatest commanders - the Duke of Wellington. Yet it also introduced a new dimension to warfare, for Napoleon's 'Spanish ulcer' became a bitter seven-year struggle against peoples inflamed by nationalism. Thus, while Wellington achieved successive victories in open battle, a parallel guerrilla war exacted a heavy toll of its own on the invaders. No mere sideshow to the other campaigns of the period, the Peninsular War made a significant contribution to Napoleon's eventual downfall.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOsprey Publishing Ltd
    Release dateMay 29, 2014
    ISBN9781472809759
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    The Napoleonic Wars (3): The Peninsular War 1807-1814
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    Gregory Fremont-Barnes

    Gregory Fremont-Barnes is Senior Lecturer in War Studies at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He has previously lectured around the world and holds a doctorate in Modern History from Oxford. He has written widely on military history, and currently lectures at Sandhurst on the conduct of the Falklands War. He lives in Surrey.

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    • 5/5
      For some time now –especially after reading the Sharpe series- I’ve been looking for a succinct but thorough history covering the Peninsula War. I then came across Osprey’s “Essential Histories: The Peninsula War” by Gregory Fremont-Barnes in the one dollar or less bin at the local Half-Price books and snapped it up, I am very happy I did so. Mr. Fremont-Barnes reviews the Peninsula campaign and its multifaceted effects with a clear voice and avoids a number of the blasé pitfalls of other historians I’ve read. What I especially enjoyed were the clear maps and battle plans, that this edition also included some delving into art history, with a small treatise on Goya, added a three-dimensional panache I wasn’t expecting. I picked up the two Essential Histories that were available but I will be checking the shelves for the other editions on my next visit.