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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Holmes |
| ISBN: | 0393052117 9780393052114 |
| OCLC Number: | 50035230 |
| Notes: | Originally published: London : HarperCollins, 2001. |
| Description: | xxx, 466 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | I. The Age of Brown Bess. That Article There. Scarlet and Blue. To Flanders, Portugal and Spain. Red Coat and Brown Bess. England, Home and Beauty? -- II. All the King's Horses and All the King's Men. Sword and State. Line of Battle -- III. Brothers of the Blade. Scum of the Earth. Epaulette Gentry -- IV. Horse, Foot, Guns -- and Wounds. Marching Regiments. Galloping at Everything. The Nimble Gunner. Currency of War -- V. Home Fires. More Like Prisons. Daughters of the Regiment. Carrot and Stick -- VI. Foreign Fields. Chain of Command. The Trooper's on the Tide. The Painful Field. The Imminent Deadly Breach. Captains in Open Field -- VII. Epilogue. Worthy of Remembrance. |
| Responsibility: | Richard Holmes. |
Abstract:
Based on the letters and diaries of the British soldiers who served as the backbone of the army from 1760 to 1860, this illuminating book is rich in the history of a fascinating era. of illustrations.
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