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Fighting Napoleon
by Esdaile, Charles J
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0300101120
- ISBN 13
- 9780300101126
- Seller
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Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Yale University Press, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 160mm x 240mm. Alongside the Spanish army in the campaign against Napoleon (1808-1814) was an assortment of freebooters, local peasants, and bandits who were organized into ad hoc regional private armies. These "guerrillas"-a term introduced to the English language during the Peninsular War-ambushed French convoys, attacked French encampments, and pounced upon, dodged, and fought French columns, often with extreme brutality. This book investigates for the first time the irregular Spanish forces and their role in resisting Napoleon. Jacket has light general wear plus a 1cm tear to top front edge. Book very clean. Binding tight. 272pp Delving deeply into previously untapped archival resources, Charles Esdaile arrives at an entirely new view of the Spanish guerrillas. He shows that the Spanish war against Napoleon was something other than the great popular crusade of legend, that many guerrillas were not armed civilians acting spontaneously, and that guerrillas were more often driven by personal motives than high-minded ideology. Tracking down the bandit armies and assessing their contributions, Esdaile offers important insights into the famous "little war" and the motives of those who fought it..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lectioz Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026905
- Title
- Fighting Napoleon
- Author
- Esdaile, Charles J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0300101120
- ISBN 13
- 9780300101126
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 160mm x 240mm
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Lectioz Books
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Gloucester, New South Wales
About Lectioz Books
Welcome to Lectioz. We are an internet-based bookseller located in Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia.The majority of our inventory is non-fiction, with a bias towards the Arts - in all its forms. In addition we stock books on Australian History, Natural History, Transport, Exploration, Science and many other subjects
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fine
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- Jacket
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