Wellington's War: His Peninsular Dispatches

by Julian Rathbone and Arthur Wellesley

Book Overview

Julian Rathbone has made a selection from Wellington's Peninsular dispatches and letters and added his own dramatic explanatory narrative. In this way he has presented the living history of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0718138414
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Very informative intro to the Peninsular War

Normally I would give this a 3/4 star review, but as the book isn't likely to be reviewed frequently, I'll give it a 5 to balance the other review.Rathbone has taken Wellington's written commentary on the Peninsular War from letters, dispatches, etc, and woven them into a history of the expulsion of the French from the Iberian Penisula by the British, Portugese, and Spanish. Rathbone is indeed enamored of his subject, but rightly so (I'm sure there is plenty of counterbalancing material out there). The story is told in a clear, illuminating fashion, and is exciting until the end.I found Wellington as depicted here fascinating in his own words: brilliant, farthinking, strategic, daring, bold. It took a genius to beat the genius of Napoleon. This may not be the best material for serious students of this time, but as a contextual supplement to the Cornwell Sharpe series, it is perfec