Exploits of Ensign Bakewell MS
with the inniskillings in the peninsula, & in paris, 1811 - 11: 1815
$63.73
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2013
Summary
A first-hand account of several engagements in the Peninsula after the advance from the Lines of Torres Vedras and pursuit of Massena, and including the first siege of Badajoz, edited from the original manuscript and with an explanatory commentary and notes by Ian Robertson, an experienced author well-acquainted with both the period and the scenes of action.
Fills a gap in the history of the Inniskillings, the years 1812 to 1814 only being covered in Charles Crowe’s war Journals, rece…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848326989 |
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| ISBN-10: | 184832698X |
| Author: | Ian Robertson |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Frontline Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 546g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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Critics Review
Laced with humour and irony - although often touchingly naive - Bakewell’s accounts of his marches , the actions in which he participated, and the privations he suffered, have an immediacy that endears him to the reader, and provides - as few historians can - the sense of actually ‘being there’. This is a valuable contribution to the number of Peninsular War narratives which have come to light in recent decades. - The Inniskillings Museum
About The Author
Ian Robertson
Ian Robertson lived in Spain for two decades and has written three influential books on unfamiliar aspects of the conflict. More recently, he compiled a remarkable ‘Atlas of the Peninsular War’, published by the Yale University Press.
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