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Pages: 542
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Based on the letters and diaries of the British soldiers who served as the backbone of the army from 1760 to 1860, this illuminating book is rich in the history
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Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-06 - Publisher: HarperCollins UK

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Sahib is a magnificent history of the British soldier in India from Clive to the end of Empire, making full use of personal accounts from the soldiers who serve
The British Soldier in America
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Authors: Sylvia R. Frey
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-15 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

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This social history of the common British soldier in the American Revolution dispels myths and sheds new light on who fought for the Crown—and why. In this ex
All for the King's Shilling
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Pages: 400
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The British troops who fought so successfully under the Duke of Wellington during his Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon have long been branded by the duke’
The British Soldier in the Peninsular War
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Combining military and cultural history, the book explores British soldiers' travels and cross-cultural encounters in Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814. It is the s