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RAGLAN FROM THE PENINSULA TO THE CRIMEA

by John Sweetman

Published by Arms & Armour Press. 1st. 1993

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.

A few light marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

ISBN: 1854090593
Stock no. 2132652

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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

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