Peninsular Sketches - Volume 1

Volume 1 of 2.Eye-witness accounts and memoirs of the Peninsula War by ordinary soldiers who took part in the campaign have deservedly acquired a high reputation for the vivid picture they give us of life in Wellington's army and their insights into a brutal and merciless war. These two volumes of 'Peninsular Sketches' are the cream of the genre. Collected by William Hamilton Maxwell, a colourful ...