All for the King's Shilling: The British Soldier under Wellington, 1808-1814
(Part of the Campaigns and Commanders (#24) Series and Campaigns and Commanders Series)
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The British troops who fought so successfully under the Duke of Wellington during his Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon have long been branded by the duke's own words--"scum of the earth"--and assumed to have been society's ne'er-do-wells or criminals who enlisted to escape justice. Now Edward J. Coss shows to the contrary that most of these redcoats were respectable laborers and tradesmen and that it was mainly their working-class status that...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0806151773
ISBN13:9780806151779
Release Date:April 2020
Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
Length:400 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
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