The British Soldier in the Peninsular War: Encounters with Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781137323828 (1137323825)
Publish date: July 23rd 2013
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages no: 318
Edition language: English
Just what I've been looking for: A survey of what British soldiers thought of the country and the people of Spain and Portugal while living cheek by jowl with them (via billeting and campaigning). Chapters include To the Peninsula (preconceptions), First Contact: Lisbon, Landscape and Climate, Bille...