Redcoat

The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket

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Richard Holmes

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Paperback / softback

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A history of the common British soldier, from c.1760 to c.1860, this text is filled with anecdote and humour as well as historical analysis. Solidly based on the letters and diaries of the men who served and the women who followed them, the book charts Wolfe's victory and death at Quebec, the American War of Independence, the Duke of York's campaign in Flanders, Wellington's Peninsular War, Waterloo, the retreat from Kabul, the Sikh wars in 1845-9, the Crimean war and the Indian Mutiny. The focus of the book however, is the individual recollection and experience of the ordinary soldiers serving in the wars fought by Georgian and early-Victorian England. Through their stories and anecdotes - of uniforms, equipment, "taking the King's shilling", flogging, wounds, food, barrack life, courage, comradeship, death, love and loss - Richard Holmes provides a comprehensive portrait of a fallible but successful fighting force.

Author Biography:

Richard Holmes is famous for his TV War Walks series. He is the author of numerous books on the Second World War. He is married and lives in Hampshire.

Release date Australia

August 5th, 2002

Author

Richard Holmes

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

index

Pages

400

Dimensions

129x198x33

ISBN-13

9780006531524

Product ID

1636032

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