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Cambridge Library Collection -...Published between 1828 and 1840 Napier s History of the War in the Peninsula w... Published between 1828 and 1840 Napier s History of the War in the Peninsula was a tremendously influential if controversial work. Napier had been actively involved in the campaigns turning to history in peacetime in part to refute Southey s account... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...First published in 1880 just a year after the titular conflict took place this... First published in 1880 just a year after the titular conflict took place this account by Frances Colenso (1849-87) of the 1879 war between British settlers and the Zulu population in South Africa is remarkable in its defence of the Zulu people a... more
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Pre-Owned The Spirit of the Mo...Dietrich Heinrich von Bülow (1757-1807) served for sixteen years in the Pruss... Dietrich Heinrich von Bülow (1757-1807) served for sixteen years in the Prussian army but for the remainder of his life lived a varied existence as a theatrical manager preacher writer businessman debtor and finally prisoner. It was not until after... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...James Ralfe (fl. 1820-1829) was a historian best remembered for this comprehen... James Ralfe (fl. 1820-1829) was a historian best remembered for this comprehensive history of British naval involvement in the Napoleonic wars. First published in 1820 and intended as a successor and continuation of Captain Isaac Schomberg s history... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was an American naval officer considered one o... Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was an American naval officer considered one of the most important naval strategists of the nineteenth century. In 1885 he was appointed Lecturer in Naval History and Tactics at the US Naval War College and served as... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...Adventures in the Rifle Brigade is probably the best-known and most popular of... Adventures in the Rifle Brigade is probably the best-known and most popular of the many memoirs written by the men who served under Wellington in the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign. The author John Kincaid (1787-1862) served as an officer in... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...The Naval Chronicle published in 40 volumes between 1799 and 1818 is a key sou... The Naval Chronicle published in 40 volumes between 1799 and 1818 is a key source for British maritime and military history. This reissue is the first complete printed reproduction of what was the most influential maritime publication of its day.... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...American privateers played a significant role during the American War of Indep... American privateers played a significant role during the American War of Independence and the Anglo-American war of 1812 as the American regular navy was very small. Reinforcement by privateers sailing under the government s jurisdiction carrying... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...The journalist William Howard Russell (1820-1907) is sometimes regarded as bei... The journalist William Howard Russell (1820-1907) is sometimes regarded as being the first war correspondent and his reports from the conflict in the Crimea are also credited with being a cause of reforms made to the British military system. This... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was an American naval officer considered one o... Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was an American naval officer considered one of the most important naval strategists of the nineteenth century. In 1885 he was appointed Lecturer in Naval History and Tactics at the US Naval War College and became... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was an American naval officer considered one o... Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was an American naval officer considered one of the most important naval strategists of the nineteenth century. In 1885 he was appointed Lecturer in Naval History and Tactics at the US Naval War College and served as... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...This book first published in 1897 examines two important factors in the growth... This book first published in 1897 examines two important factors in the growth of Liverpool as a major port: privateering and the slave trade. It incorporates a large amount of primary source material including extracts from letters and newspaper... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...Piracy on the coast of China in the nineteenth century inflicted chaos and ser... Piracy on the coast of China in the nineteenth century inflicted chaos and serious economic damage with large mobs of bandits attacking coastal villages as well as wreaking havoc at sea. Yung-lun Yüan s account of this period published in Chinese... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...John Drinkwater (1762-1844) was stationed at Gibraltar with the Royal Manchest... John Drinkwater (1762-1844) was stationed at Gibraltar with the Royal Manchester Volunteers from June 1779 to February 1783 while it was besieged by a Franco-Spanish force. He kept a careful record of events during the longest siege endured by... more
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Cambridge Library Collection -...Captain James Burney (1750-1821) the son of the musicologist Dr Charles Burney... Captain James Burney (1750-1821) the son of the musicologist Dr Charles Burney and brother of the novelist Fanny Burney was a well-travelled sailor best known for A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean... more
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