Peninsular War: A New History

by Charles J. Esdaile

Book Overview

For centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had the largest empire and one of the world's great navies to defend it. Nothing could have prepared the Spanish for the devastating implosion of 1805-14. Trafalgar destroyed its navy and the country degenerated into a brutalized shambles with French and British armies marching across it at will. The result was a war which killed over a million Spaniards and ended its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140273700
• ISBN13: 9780140273700
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Length: 624 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"