The diary of a cavalry officer in the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign, 1809-1815

by William Tomkinson

Laminated dust jacket tanned and worn, some foxing to page edges, marking to endpapers and a collectors group library inscription. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

Genres: Biography, History

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971

Reviews

[ben c]

(this is pre Crimea , Florence nightingale etc, when they though field hospitals might be a great idea).so this would put really one off joining the horse cavalry in the 'Napoleonic era'...he rightly skips lightly over the 'working conditions', 'casualties' and hairy accounts of fighting with swords on horseback.. after shooting his trusted horses, he retired (probably bewildered) to shoot at birds in Scotland..