Marching With Sharpe: What It Was Like To Fight In Wellington's Army

ISBN: 9780004145365
Author: B.j. Bluth
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Using the same re-enactment groups that provided much of the man (and woman-) power for the TV series, "Marching With Sharpe" reveals what it was like to fight in Wellington's Army during the Napoleonic Wars. How to fire a musket rifle, sword fighting, forming square, how to cook chickens in a cavalry breastplate...not just the military detail but all the nitty gritty of everyday life. What was it like to wear the uniforms of the period, what did you eat, what medical treatment was available and how to withstand the lash are also covered. From the Author In MARCHING WITH SHARPE, the words of the soldiers of the Duke of Wellington's army tell the story, and the photographs give it sight. Patrick O'Brian (The Aubrey/Maturian Series) called the technique "Stitching Passages," where the author combines first hand recollections of participants, eye-witnesses, etc., into a coherent tale, forming a bridge to their thoughts and experiences -- complete with the turn of a phrase, the lilt in the tone, and their unique twists on the syntax of the English language. Hopefully, you will feel you are there around the fire after a long, hard day in the Peninsula, getting to know these men who, against the odds, defeated the might of Napoleonic France; describing in their own terms, their fun, their fashions, their food, their feats; the obstacles they overcame, the tragedies of their failures, and the forces of their victories. About the Author BJ Bluth is a descendant of English Yoemen, soldiers, and lead miners from the Downs of Northern England; Irish brick makers and architects from County Derry; and soldiers, farmers and wire makers of Hanoverian Germany. The progeny of this line of immigrants was the first to graduate from college -- Bucknell University, Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa; to be awarded a Master's Degree -- Fordham University, New York; and to be awarded a Doctorate -- The University of California at Los Angeles.An offspring of these threads of Wellington's Army, Dr. Bluth gives voice to the story told by their soldiers as they set about to vanquish their common enemy, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French.Dr. Bluth is currently Professor Emeritus, California State University at Northridge.

Pages: 208
Format: Hardback
Genre: Military
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