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Eyewitness to the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo

Eyewitness to the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo The Letters and Journals of Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable James Hamilton Stanhope, 1803 to 1825 : Recording His Service With Sir John Moore, Sir Thomas Graham and the Duke of Wellington

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The journals of the Honourable James Stanhope are among the most remarkable eyewitness accounts of the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, and yet they have never been published before. The long fight against the French in Portugal and Spain, the campaign in Holland, then the Battle of Waterloo û James Stanhope lived through all these extraordinary events and recorded them in vivid detail. He served as an aide de camp to the major commanders of the day û Wellington, General Graham, Lord Paget, the Duke of York among them. And he described his experiences and observations in a lucid and candid prose that makes his journals of great historical value and of compelling interest to us today. His writing gives a graphic inside view of the military and political situation of the time as it was perceived at the top levels of the British army, and he depicts the daily experience of campaigning during the Napoleonic Wars in an unforgettable way.

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ISBN: 9781848843929
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Pub date:
DEWEY: 940.27092
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 258
Weight: 622g
Height: 242mm
Width: 164mm
Spine width: 26mm