Gentlemen in Red: Two Accounts of British Infantry Officers During the Peninsular War--Recollections of an Old 52nd Man & an Officer of

by John Dobbs and Robert Knowles

Book Overview

Two of Wellington's officers tell their stories of war

This book contains personal accounts giving the perspectives of two young British officers of infantry during the Peninsular War in Spain against Napoleon's French forces. Each account is comparatively short and they have been published in a single volume by Leonaur not only because they represent aspects of common experience, but also to provide readers with essential texts of the Napoleonic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846774799
• ISBN13: 9781846774799
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"