Gunfreak  | 12 Oct 2018 10:36 a.m. PST |
I'm almost finished reading Muir's Salamanca for the second time. And wondering if there are other books of good quality dealing with other battles. Like Vittoria? |
| olicana | 12 Oct 2018 11:22 a.m. PST |
Try Peter Edwards. He writes well. |
| ConnaughtRanger | 12 Oct 2018 1:57 p.m. PST |
Or David Buttery – very readable. |
| Lascaris | 12 Oct 2018 7:22 p.m. PST |
Not a book on a specific battle but I'm halfway through Nick Lipscomb's "The Peninsulat War Atlas" and I'm really enjoying it. All the maps you could ever hope for and a reasonable, if brief, text to go with the maps. |
 oldbob | 12 Oct 2018 9:55 p.m. PST |
Here one"Galloping at Everything" by I. Fletcher, British Cavalry in the Peninsular war. Might interest you! |
| Mike the Analyst | 13 Oct 2018 4:01 a.m. PST |
Andrew Field Talavera is a good one. |
| Sir Able Brush | 13 Oct 2018 7:01 a.m. PST |
I agree with Lascaris – the Atlas is really useful |
| Aethelflaeda was framed | 13 Oct 2018 10:38 a.m. PST |
Oman remains one of the best. |
| Timmo uk | 13 Oct 2018 1:48 p.m. PST |
Oman is epic and throughly recommended. |
| Crow Bait | 13 Oct 2018 2:55 p.m. PST |
Oman's are free on Project Gutenburg. |
| 21eRegt | 15 Oct 2018 7:35 a.m. PST |
Although not a specific battle, I thoroughly enjoyed recently reading "Wellington's Worst Scrape: The Burgos Campaign" by Carole Divall. "Albuera 1811" by Guy Dempsey is excellent in my opinion and "The Battle of Barossa 1811" by John Grehan and Martin Mace gave me a lot of new insights into the battle. |
| 138SquadronRAF | 15 Oct 2018 11:13 a.m. PST |
For Vittoria, Ian Fletcher, "Vittoria 1813: Wellington Sweeps the French from Spain", it's an Osprey. It's about the only book in the last 100 years that covers just that battle. You might also like to consult Bruce Collins "Wellington and the Siege of San Sebastian". |
| Lord Hill | 15 Oct 2018 11:33 a.m. PST |
One of the best-written books on the period is British Sieges of the Peninsula War by Frederick Myatt. Of course, it only covers the seiges (!), but is an excellent read. Caroline Duvall's book on Burgos is also excellent, but sadly pretty much everything else published by Pen & Sword (e.g. Fletcher's Galloping at Everything) is usually ruined by a total lack of proofreading and therefore ridden with silly mistakes, typos etc. For Corunna, I really enjoyed Christopher Hibbert's book. |
| ConnaughtRanger | 15 Oct 2018 1:12 p.m. PST |
And another vote for Carole Divall's book on the Burgos campaign – does a great job of putting a much mis-represented campaign in perspective. |
| Prince of Essling | 22 Oct 2018 7:51 a.m. PST |
For Salamanca – see "Wellington's Masterpiece" by J P Lawford and Peter Young |
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