The Peninsular War A New History【電子書籍】[ Charles Esdaile ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A stunning look at Napoleon's early nineteenth-century campaign across the Iberian Peninsula from historian Charles Esdaile.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜strong＞"Drawing on first-hand accounts of the conflict, Esdaile paints an indelible picture of the cruelties of Napoleonic warfare. His vigorous writing, comprehensive analysis and even-handed judgments make this an indispensable treatment of one of the watersheds of European history." ー ＜em＞Publishers Weekly＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜br /＞ At the end of the eighteenth century, Spain remained one of the world's most powerful empires. Thanks to a long period of enlightened absolutism, Portugal, too, was prosperous. But by 1808, everything had changed. Portugal was under occupation and ravaged by famine, disease, economic problems and political instability. Spain had imploded and worse was to come. For the next six years, the Iberian Peninsula, for three centuries a byword for religious and military aggression, became itself the helpless victim of ot．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る