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Roger Parkinson
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The Hussar General
Автор: Roger Parkinson Жанр: Wordsworth Издательство: Wordsworth Год: 2001 Страниц: 272 Дата загрузки: 26 декабря 20092003-05-24
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This is the first English biography of the man who saved the Iron Duke and his army at this most famous battle. Without the timely arrival of the brave seventy-two-year old Blucher at the head of his Prussian army, the course of history could well have taken a dramatic turn. As well as telling the full story of Waterloo and Blucher’s part in it, this book, containing letters and personal accounts, details a career which spanned the entire Napoleonic era. No other general clashed so many times with Bonaparte, and Blucher’s life epitomizes the excitement and horror of this fascinating, yet bloody, period.
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The Peninsular War
Автор: Roger Parkinson Жанр: Wordsworth Издательство: Wordsworth Год: 2000 Страниц: 208 Дата загрузки: 16 февраля 20092002-07-14
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The Peninsular War was a war of contrasts; a war fought in the icy passes of the high Pyrenees and on the burning wastes of the Sierra Morena; a war of infinite cruelty yet remarkable courtesy; a war in which debonair British officers fought alongside ragged Spanish partisans. It began in 1808 with Napoleon at the height of his power and ended with his attempted suicide in 1814. This narrative recaptures the horror, excitement and drudgery of history's first guerilla war.
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