8.75 x 5.5 in. (222 x 141 mm).  720 pages.  5 illustrations, 9 maps. Greenhill Books is pleased to announce the republication of Sir Charles Oman's A History of the Peninsular War, one of the most important histories of the Napoleonic period ever written. All seven volumes have now been reprinted.

This republication of Oman's magnum opus is presented with a new introduction by leading Napoleonic historial Colonel John R. Elting (USA, Ret.).

The 1807-14 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon's strategic need to impose his rule over Portugal and Spain, 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 definitive history of the Peninsular War
• By one of the greatest 20th-century historians
• Comprehensive maps, orders of battle and lists of strengths and casualties

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.

Greenhill Books  ISBN 1-85367-215-7

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