History of the War in the Peninsula

Published from 1828, this military history, written by a British officer who served in the campaigns, covers the Peninsular War from the French intervention in Spain and Portugal through Wellington's advance into France. Napier narrates the battles of Roleia, Vimeiro, Corunna, Talavera, Busaco, Salamanca, Vitoria, and the Pyrenees, together with the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, and San Sebastian. He treats Spanish and Portuguese armies and guerrillas as well as the British. The work is a consecutive operational history, often critical of politicians and allied commanders, not a personal memoir of one regiment.

Bound in blue buckram with a design in gold. Map endleaves. Grey slipcase.