This title charts Wellington's military career from India to Europe, rediscovering the reasons Queen Victoria called him the greatest man the 19th century had produced. Combining historical analysis with a semi-biographical examination, it examines...
A history of the common British soldier, from c.1760 to c.1860, this text is filled with anecdote and humour as well as historical analysis. The book's focus is the individual recollection and experience of the ordinary soldiers serving in the wars...