Campaign, capture and the long march to liberation This substantial book, originally published in two volumes under the title 'Narrative of a Forced March Through Spain and France as a Prisoner of War During the Years 1810 to 1814', provides useful historical context for all those interested in the war in the Peninsula and the conditions of British prisoners in the hands of the French leading up to the first abdication of Napoleon and the Bourbon Restoration. We join Blayney, an officer engaged in the campaign in Southern Spain, as a disastrous expedition finds him a prisoner of the French Army, and so begins an adventure through Spain-where the French are hounded by Spanish guerrillas-and into the south of France as the British pursue their enemies. Blayney has provided posterity with an interesting view 'behind the lines' and combined that with insights into the France of the First Empire and the reasons for its ultimate collapse.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Leonaur Ltd
ISBN-13
9781846777707
eBay Product ID (ePID)
105900028
Product Key Features
Author
Andrew Thomas Blayney
Publication Name
Napoleon's Prisoner of War: Experiences of a British Officer During the Napoleonic Wars in Spain and France
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
440 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
140mm
Item Weight
689g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Andrew Thomas Blayney
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
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