RAGLAN FROM THE PENINSULA TO THE CRIMEA
Written by John Sweetman
Published by Arms & Armour Press
in 1993
ISBN: 1854090593
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- HISTORY
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- MILITARY
- BIOGRAPHY
RAGLAN FROM THE PENINSULA TO THE CRIMEA
Written by John Sweetman.
Stock no. 2132652
1st.
1993.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
B/w illustrations. Biography of Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, first Baron Raglan. ISBN: 1854090593. A few light marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.
Front cover
Contents
- Preface: Farewell
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Childhood, Adolescence and Military Service (1788-1808)
- 2. The Peninsular War (1809-1814)
- 3. Diplomacy and Warfare (1814-1815)
- 4. Bureaucracy and Politics (1816-1827)
- 5. Military Secretary, The Horse Guards (1827-1842)
- 6. Wellingtonian Twilight, The Horse Guards (1842-1852)
- 7. Disillusionment, The Ordnance (1852-1853
- 8. Advance to Contact (January to August 1854)
- 9. Into Battle, The Crimea (September to December 1854)
- 10. Defeat, Despair and Death (January to June 1855)
- Epilogue: Burial and Memorial
- Conclusion: In Retrospect
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index