By Sir W. F. P. Napier
London   Frederick Warne and Co.
7.5" by 5" xxiv, 522; xiii, 500; xi, 427; 479; x, 444; vii, 463pp.
A complete six volume set of this detailed history of war in the Peninsula and in the South of France from the year 1807 to 1814.
By Sir W. F. P. Napier

1892 History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France from the year 1807 to 1814

London   Frederick Warne and Co.
7.5" by 5" xxiv, 522; xiii, 500; xi, 427; 479; x, 444; vii, 463pp.
A complete six volume set of this detailed history of war in the Peninsula and in the South of France from the year 1807 to 1814.
£490.00
: 3kgs / : 853T26

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Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Six volumes. Written by General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier, a British soldier in the British Army and a military historian. Napier's History of the War in the Peninsula was a tremendously influential, if controversial, work. Napier had been actively involved in the campaigns, turning to history in peacetime, in part to refute Southey's account of Sir John Moore. Because of his obvious lack of impartiality, modern military historians treat the work with caution, but it remains widely read. Significant events include the departure of Napoleon to France, and Wellesley's return to Portugal as commander of the Anglo-Portuguese forces. Volume I contains ten plates, Volume II contains twelve plates, Volume III contains nine plates, Volume IV contains eleven plates, Volume V contains eleven plates, and Volume VI contains two plates. Collated complete Bound by A. J. Combridge & Co., Bombay.

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In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Bound by A. J. Combridge & Co., Bombay.

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