"Wellington's Spies" Topic
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| Tango01 | 21 Nov 2019 2:53 p.m. PST |
"Intelligence was just as important in the Napoleonic Wars as it is today. Then there was only one way of obtaining it by spies and informers. The Author uses first hand accounts of three of Wellingtons most daring and successful Intelligence Officers. The three men, all of Scottish descent, were very different in character. One was killed in action and another taken prisoner and after narrowly avoiding summary execution made a dramatic escape. There is a romantic angle too. Their stories skilfully interwoven against the backdrop of the brutal Peninsula War where atrocities were common place. This book gives a fresh insight into Wellingtons remarkable triumph over Napoleons armies."
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| ConnaughtRanger | 22 Nov 2019 11:30 a.m. PST |
This is a reprint. I have a copy from 2005. |
| Tango01 | 22 Nov 2019 12:06 p.m. PST |
You are right my friend… did you recomended it?….
Amicalement
Armand
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| MaggieC70 | 22 Nov 2019 8:40 p.m. PST |
The latest version of this book is now being offered by Amazon, which is just as well. I have noticed that Pen & Sword is publishing an increasing load of garbage, both non-fiction and fiction. I would also say that links to this slipshod "LoveReading" site are not worth much. The synopses are consistently riddled with grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors. No very encouraging for folks looking for serious or even not-so-serious books about this period. If author Mary McGrigor is a historian, then I'm an elephant. I looked at the review for her other allegedly "historical" books, and they were not good. You may find my comments irritating, Armand, but I can't let such junk pass without offering a different viewpoint. |
| Tango01 | 23 Nov 2019 11:53 a.m. PST |
Thanks!. Amicalement
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| Gazzola | 27 Nov 2019 1:10 p.m. PST |
I think it is time for a law to be made that all reprints or books reoffered with different titles, should have to state so on the actual book and on all advertising. |
| Quintus Valerius | 27 Nov 2019 2:28 p.m. PST |
Yes, indeed, MaggieC70. I thought that they had reached a new nadir when I was looking at a catalogue of new titles that included, "Tracing Your Ancestors in Lunatic Asylums"! As a friend said, "Somebody actually pitched that title to a publisher…and was accepted!" Unless, of course, the publisher suggested it. Knowing "Pen and Sword", that might well be possible! |
| Tango01 | 27 Nov 2019 3:35 p.m. PST |
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