Spain & Portugal 7

A masterful, epic account of the Spanish Ulcer that drained Napoleon's resources and played a pivotal role in the end of his domination of Europe. The author served with distinction in the actions o……続きを見る

Once Europe's supreme maritime power, Spain by the mid-eighteenth century was facing fierce competition from England and France. England, in particular, had successfully mustered the financial resou……続きを見る

Louis Constant Wairy, mainly known as Constant through-out his life and as the author of his memoirs, was a man intimately connected to General Bonaparte and his wife Josephine Beauharnais, and late……続きを見る

General Francisco Franco, also called the Caudillo, was the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. His life has been examined in many previous biographies. However, most of these have ……続きを見る

Nos parece interesante dedicar el presente libro a abordar la caída de la monarquía de Alfonso XIII, el advenimiento de la Segunda República y su estrepitoso fracaso culminado con la cruenta guerra ……続きを見る

Waterloo Illustration Pack – 14 maps/battle plans, 18 portraits of the personalities engaged, 10 illustrations. The Waterloo campaign of 1815 was a turning point in world history. After 25 years of ……続きを見る

The lot of a prisoner of war is well documented in more recent conflicts such as the Second World War, Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf conflicts, however the British prisoners of war during the Napoleon……続きを見る

Captain Cooke’s narrative starts with the his experiences in the South of France during the last days of the Peninsular War, and combines part travelogue with witty reminiscences of the jollity afte……続きを見る

Os homens do Norte, «Nordmen» ou Normandos foram determinantes na formação das nacionalidades europeias, em particular as do centro e norte da Europa. Apesar de pouco expressivas, as incursões dos f……続きを見る

Few campaigns have started with the British Army being so muddled, or so outnumbered as the campaign that Sir John Moore began in 1808. Sent out by the London government to take charge of British fo……続きを見る

O Naufrágio de Vicente Sodré é mais uma das narrativas de fundo histórico, criadas por Manuel Pinheiro Chagas com o propósito de divulgar, numa prosa mais fluida e cativante, a história de Portugal.……続きを見る

The Kings Royal Rifle Corps, or the 2nd Battalion the Royal Green Jackets as they are now known, had a long and proud fighting tradition that they would exchange with no other regiment in the Britis……続きを見る

Louis Constant Wairy, mainly known as Constant through-out his life and as the author of his memoirs, was a man intimately connected to General Bonaparte and his wife Josephine Beauharnais, and late……続きを見る

Neste romance, Bernardino Pinheiro, relata-nos as desventuras de dois jovens apaixonados que, apanhados pelas lutas dos portugueses com os marroquinos e pelo lado desumano, e lascivo, de um membro r……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of Pizarro and important people, places, and events in his life.*Describes the Inca Empire and Pizarro's conquest of it.*Includes a Table of Contents. Friends and comrades! On tha……続きを見る

Selected as the Sunday Times History Book of the Year for 2012, this is a meticulous work of scholarship from the foremost historian of 20th-century Spain. The culmination of more than a decade of r……続きを見る

Sir John Kincaid served in the 95th Rifles, later the famed Rifle Brigade, throughout the Peninsular War and during the Belgian Campaign. This book is a follow-up to "Adventures in the Rifle Brigade……続きを見る

Although written many years after the events, Lt-Col Jackson’s writing makes for much interesting reading. The text falls into three distinct parts; the first, the events of the Waterloo Campaign, t……続きを見る

O pajem de um dos príncipes da coroa portuguesa descobre que está para suceder um assassinato real, mas quando age para o evitar, dá consigo enredado nas malhas do Santo Of&iacu……続きを見る

« Caulaincourt n’avait cessé sous l’Empire de prendre des notes chaque jour au bivouac ou dans le cabinet de Tuileries. Il se serait décidé à les mettre en forme entre 1822 et 1825. L’énorme documen……続きを見る

Our War with Spain A Thrilling Account of the Land and Naval Operations of American Soldiers and Sailors in Our War with Spain, and the Heroic Struggles of Cuban Patriots against Spanish Tyranny CON……続きを見る

Much has been written about the life of Napoleon, whose actions dominated the beginning of the Nineteenth century; his campaigns have been charted in great detail as have his political manoeuvres; h……続きを見る

The Alhambra : a series of tales and sketches of the Moors and Spaniards was published in May 1832, Consisting of a series of essays and short fiction pieces, it was referred to as his "Spanish Sket……続きを見る

John Codman Ropes was not only a lawyer of the first order, but also a military history of great note. Intimately involved in supporting troops from his native Massachusetts in the American Civil Wa……続きを見る

Colonel Cathcart, as he was then, was assigned to the court of Russia just before Napoleon launched his massive assault in 1812. He attached himself to the Emperor Alexander’s suite and followed the……続きを見る

The Bible in Spain by George Borrow English, published in 1842 (221,590 words) (620 pages) The Bible in Spain, subtitled "or the Journey, Adventures, and Imprisonment of an Englishman in an Attempt ……続きを見る

During the Napoleonic Wars, few had such an unenviable job as the “poor bloody infantry”; fodder for cannon, unless tightly packed in ranks prey to cavalry, their only recourse was discipline and a ……続きを見る

Bastião Fernandes, um velho marinheiro da carreira da Índia, descreve ao jovem Gaspar Correia (o futuro compilador das "Lendas da Índia") como participou nos preparativos e na viagem de descobriment……続きを見る

« Mémoires du comte Belliard, lieutenant-général, pair de France écrits par lui-même, recueillis et mis en ordre par M. Vinet, l'un de ses aides-de-camp. Paris, Berguet et Petion, 1842, 3 vol. in-8°……続きを見る

Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age in the Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, it regularly appears high on lists ……続きを見る