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Soldier of the Seventy-first: from De La Plata to Waterloo 1806-1815 by Joseph Sinclair (Hardcover, 2010)

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'The author's sharp eye for the illuminating detail and the oddities of human behaviour enabled him to present a picture of army life as graphic and revealing as any drawn by a private soldier during the Napoleonic Wars' - Christopher Hibbert This remarkable memoir was first published in Edinburgh in 1819 and has withstood the test of time. One cannot improve on Sir Charles Oman's description of the book as: 'the work of a man of superior education, who had enlisted in a moment of pique and humiliation to avoid facing at home the consequences of his own conceit and folly. The author wrote from the ranks, yet was so different in education and mental equipment from his comrades that he does not take their vies and habits for granted'. The reader receives the narrative of an intelligent observer, describing the behaviour of his regiment as it travelled the globe. His account covers Whitelock's disastrous South American adventure in 1806, the Peninsular War, the Walcheren Expedition and the Battle of Waterloo. For the first time, Joseph Sinclair has been unmasked as the author of the memoir, thanks to new research work by Stuart Reid. AUTHOR: Stuart Reid was born in Aberdeen in 1954 and has served with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. His previous work includes Wellington's Highland Warriors (Frontline Books). He is currently working on a full-length military history of the last Anglo-Scots War 1639 1651. SELLING POINTS: First-person account of engagements including Walcheren and Waterloo REVIEWS: 'There is a delicacy and nobility in his writing seldom found in the memoirs of those of exalted ranks' - The Times

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Pen & Sword Books LTD
ISBN-13
9781848325616
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Book Title
Soldier of the Seventy-First: from De La Plata to Waterloo 1806-1815
Author
Joseph Sinclair
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Memorials, History
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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171mm
Item Width
124mm

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Joseph Sinclair
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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Soldier of the Seventy-first: from De La Plata to Waterloo 1806-1815 by Joseph Sinclair (Hardcover, 2010)

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