ISBN10: 0006531520, ISBN13: 9780006531524, [publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, London] Softcover Paperback. Magnificent history of the common British soldier from 1700 to 1900 by one of Britains best-known and accomplished military writers and broadcasters. Red Coat is non-fiction Sharpe, filled with anecdote and humour as well as historical analysis. Redcoat is a wonderful book. It is not just a work of history but one of enthusiasm and unparalleled knowledge.' BERNARD CORNWELLRedcoat is the story of the British soldier from c.1760 until c.1860 surely one of the most enduring and magnetic subjects of the British past. Solidly based on the letters and diaries of the men who served and the women who followed them, the book is rich in the history of the period. It charts Wolfe's victory and death at Quebec, the American War of Independence, the Duke of York's campaign in Flanders, Wellington's Peninsular War, Waterloo,the retreat from Kabul, the Sikh wars in 1845-9, the Crimean war and the Indian Mutiny.The focus of Redcoat, however, is the individual recollection and experience of the ordinary soldiers serving in the wars fought by Georgian and early Victorian England.Through their stories and anecdotes of uniforms, equipment,'taking the King's shilling', flogging, wounds, food, barrack life, courage, comradeship, death, love and loss Richard Holmes provides a comprehensive portrait of a fallible but extraordinarily successful ...
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ISBN10: 0006531520, ISBN13: 9780006531524, [publisher: HarperCollins] Softcover Book is in NEW condition.
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HarperCollins Publishers 2002-08-01 Paperback New Size: 7x5x1; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

HarperCollins Publishers, Date: 2002-08-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2002. HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 0006531520 9780006531524 [US]