The British Soldier in the Peninsular War: Encounters with Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814

By Gavin Daly

Book Overview

Combining military and cultural history, the book explores British soldiers' travels and cross-cultural encounters in Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814. It is the story of how soldiers interacted with the local environment and culture, of their attitudes and behaviour towards the inhabitants, and how they wrote about all this in letters and memoirs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349458821
• ISBN13: 9781349458820
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"