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Through Spain with Wellington: The Letters of Lieutenant Peter Le Mesurier of the ''Fighting Ninth''

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By (author): Adrian Greenwood

Gazetted into the 9th Foot as an ensign in 1808, Peter Le Mesurier saw action from the earliest days of the Peninsular War almost to its end. The Fighting Ninth were in the thick of it, and his letters describe nearly every major engagement of the war; the retreat to Corunna, the Walcheren Expedition, the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Burgos and San Sebastian, and the battles of Salamanca, Vitoria, the Nivelle and the Nive. The correspondence of this young officer provides a unique and fresh insight into the campaigns of Moore and Wellington against Napoleon. They also show the transformation of the boy into the man. He suffers retreats and celebrates victories, witnesses sieges, rape and plunder, and falls in love; his letters are spiced with fascinating asides, wry humour, rich period detail, some very human fears and admissions, and the casual understatement of the British officer. Any unpublished letters from the conflict are scarce, but such an extensive unpublished collection is rare indeed. With background information and commentary provided by expert Adrian Greenwood and meticulously footnoted, this is a worthy addition to the literature of the Napoleonic Wars. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 237g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Oct 2018
  • Publisher: Amberley Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781445677248

About Adrian Greenwood

Adrian Greenwood read Philosophy Politics and Economics at Christ Church Oxford before taking an MBA at Imperial College. After university he set up as an antiques dealer eventually specialising in antiquarian books. After retiring he concentrated on his writing; his particular field of interest was 19th-century British military history. He contributed to numerous magazines periodicals and newspapers.

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