Author: George Wood (Captain.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 264
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The Rambles of Redbury Rook ...
Author: George Wood (Captain.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Languages : en
Pages : 264
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The Rambles of Redbury Rook: Or, a Caution to His Own Species how They Embrace the Profession of Arms. By the Author of the Subaltern Officer [G. Wood].
Author: Redbury ROOK
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Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Pages : 260
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Dead Men Telling Tales
Author: Matilda Greig
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192649337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Dead Men Telling Tales is an original account of the lasting cultural impact made by the autobiographies of Napoleonic soldiers over the course of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the nearly three hundred military memoirs published by British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese veterans of the Peninsular War (1808-1814), Matilda Greig charts the histories of these books over the course of a hundred years, around Europe and the Atlantic, and from writing to publication to afterlife. Drawing on extensive archival research in multiple languages, she challenges assumptions made by historians about the reliability of these soldiers' direct eyewitness accounts, revealing the personal and political motives of the authors and uncovering the large cast of characters, from family members to publishers, editors, and translators, involved in production behind the scenes. By including literature from Spain and Portugal, Greig also provides a missing link in current studies of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, showing how the genre of military memoirs developed differently in south-western Europe and led to starkly opposing national narratives of the same war. Her findings tell the history of a publishing phenomenon which gripped readers of all ages across the world in the nineteenth century, made significant profits for those involved, and was fundamental in defining the modern 'soldier's tale'.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192649337
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Dead Men Telling Tales is an original account of the lasting cultural impact made by the autobiographies of Napoleonic soldiers over the course of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the nearly three hundred military memoirs published by British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese veterans of the Peninsular War (1808-1814), Matilda Greig charts the histories of these books over the course of a hundred years, around Europe and the Atlantic, and from writing to publication to afterlife. Drawing on extensive archival research in multiple languages, she challenges assumptions made by historians about the reliability of these soldiers' direct eyewitness accounts, revealing the personal and political motives of the authors and uncovering the large cast of characters, from family members to publishers, editors, and translators, involved in production behind the scenes. By including literature from Spain and Portugal, Greig also provides a missing link in current studies of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, showing how the genre of military memoirs developed differently in south-western Europe and led to starkly opposing national narratives of the same war. Her findings tell the history of a publishing phenomenon which gripped readers of all ages across the world in the nineteenth century, made significant profits for those involved, and was fundamental in defining the modern 'soldier's tale'.
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 720
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Pages : 720
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The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &c
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Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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The London and Paris Observer
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Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Belle Assemblée
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Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 774
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Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 774
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The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature
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Category : Liberalism (Religion)
Languages : en
Pages : 798
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Category : Liberalism (Religion)
Languages : en
Pages : 798
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Journal of the United Service Institution of India
Author: United Service Institution of India
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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The Monthly Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 726
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Languages : en
Pages : 726
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