A Scot at War with Wellington
the memoir of captain james stirling of the black watch
$88.19
- Hardcover
312 pages
- Release Date
18 November 2024
Summary
The Black Watch Journals: A Young Ensign’s Peninsular War
For such a famous regiment as the 42nd Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch), the number of published memoirs is surprisingly low. The discovery of the three hand-written journals in the collection of the National Library of Scotland covering the period from August 1808, when the regiment left Gibraltar for Lisbon until the end of 1813, are therefore of significant importance in our understanding of the actions of this regiment …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399041515 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399041517 |
| Author: | Gareth Glover |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Military |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 18 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 528g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Gareth Glover
Gareth Glover is a former Royal Navy officer and military historian who has made a special study of the Napoleonic Wars for the last forty years. In addition to writing many articles on aspects of the subject in magazines and journals, his books include Wellington’s Voice, Wellington’s Lieutenant Napoleon’s Gaoler, From Corunna to Waterloo, Eyewitness to the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, An Eloquent Soldier, fourteen volumes (plus an Atlas) of The Waterloo Archive, Waterloo: Myth and Reality and The Forgotten War Against Napoleon: Conflict in the Mediterranean 1793-1815.
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