The Letters of Private Wheeler: An Eyewitness in Action at the Battle of Waterloo

by William Adolphus Wheeler and B.H. Liddell Hart

Book Overview

'In a later age he would have become a successful war correspondent ... We have no more human account of the Peninsular War from a participant in all its battles. Vivid images - of people, landscapes, events - flows from his pen ... One of military history's great originals' John Keegan, DAILY TELEGRAPH

These letters, in the form of a frank and amusing diary, were written by a private in Wellington's army who fought throughout the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474626386
• ISBN13: 9781474626385
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"