The Peninsular War: A New History

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The Peninsular War: A New History

by Charles Esdaile

Recommendations from our site

Our most recommended books

On War by Carl von Clausewitz

The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam

Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman and translated by Robert Chandler

The Art of War by Sun Zi (also written in English as Sun Tzu)

The Ottoman Age of Exploration by Giancarlo Casale

Near East by Cecil Beaton

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On War
by Carl von Clausewitz

The Best and the Brightest
by David Halberstam

Life and Fate
by Vasily Grossman and translated by Robert Chandler

The Art of War
by Sun Zi (also written in English as Sun Tzu)

The Ottoman Age of Exploration
by Giancarlo Casale

Near East
by Cecil Beaton