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A History of the Peninsular War: January to September 1809 - From the Battle of Corunna to the End of the Talavera Campaign v. 2 (Greenhill Military Paperback) [Paperback]

Sir Charles Oman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 720 pages
  • Publisher: Greenhill Books; New edition edition (15 April 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 185367589X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853675898
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.5 x 5.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,063,850 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The 1807-1814 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon's strategic necessity to impose his rule over Portugal andSpain, it evolved into a constant drain on his resources. Sir Charles Oman's seven volume history of the campaign is an unrivalled and essential work. His extensive use and analysis of French, Spanish, Portuguese and British participants' accounts and archival material, together with his own inspection of the battlefields, provides a comprehensive and balanced account of this most important episode in Napoleonic military history. The fate of the Iberian Peninsula was very much in the balance during the period January-September 1809, when it seemed all too possible that Napoleon would achieve control over Spain and Portugal. This volume covers the continuing Spanish resistance to French occupation, the renewed French invasion of Portugal, and the return to the Peninsula and subsequent victories of Sir Arthur Wellesley, including his outmanoeuvring of the French from Oporto and culminating in the hard-fought victory at Talavera.

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4.0 out of 5 stars THE History of the Peninsular War 27 July 2001
By sysy16@yahoo.com
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These books (volumes one to seven) are VERY detailed. Oman has put in a massive amount of research although this can at times overwhelm the reader and is to be avoided by casual readers. Sir Charles Oman's History is reasonalby un-biased for a Britsh Historian, esp. compared to Napiers work on the same topic.

Full of orders of battle, losses, maps and other vital information to historians and wargamers alike these books are a must for any serious student of the Peninsular War.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Everything you need to know and then some! 4 Jan 2006
By Darren O'Connell
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After having read with great enthusiasm the last works I have to say that this volume is way too long and some of the detail was now becoming tiresome causing the reader to zone out at times. In addition, this was the first volume that contained errors; spelling, dates, actors etc. Quite surprising from an Oxford educated scholar with an impressive error free first five volumes. In terms of histroical drama, like all previous volumes this one contains it all and is a must have for the entire collection.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Oman's Peninsula War 9 Oct 2011
By a flynn
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This paperback of one Oman "Peninsula War" volume has some defects of typography and map reproduction. If you can, find original hardback copies, with their superb coloured maps and creamy thick paper. Though he has some "Whiggish" bias, like the earlier PW historian Napier, Oman wrote with superb grasp, imagination and detail. The reader has to be patient, has to be ready to see early 19C Portugal and Spain in his mind's eye (though Oman helps him), and has to have an initial interest. Then the text conjures it all up and is fascinating.
5 Stars PLUS for the original, 4 for this only because, as a modern paperback, it doesn't quite have the same feel. I have the original Napier set, but to get the Oman equivalent would be wonderful.
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