A Guards Officer in the Peninsula

Canonical title: A Guards Officer in the Peninsula
Original title: A Guards Officer in the Peninsula
Original publication date: 1992
People/Characters: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Napoleon Bonaparte; Soult, Maréchal Duc Jean-de-Dieu
Important places: Spain
Important events: Napoleonic Wars; Peninsular War; Battle of the Nivelle (1813-11-10); The Passage of the Bidassoa (1813-10-07)
Dedication: For Deborah
First words: 1812 was a year of mixed fortunes for Wellington, beginning as it did with great success but culminating in an unhappy retreat.
Last words: (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And in turn, his son James - John Rous' great great grandson - has just joined the Regiment, thus maintaining a proud family tradition stretching back to 1810, to John Rous, a Guards Officer in the Peninsula.
Original language: English UK

Classifications

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 940.27092 — History & geography History of Europe History of Europe Europe: Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, Napolean Napoleonic period 1789-1815
LCC: DC232 .R68 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France Modern, 1515- Revolutionary and Napoleonic period, 1789-1815