"Paul Dawson's Napoleon's Peninsular War puzzle?" Topic
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| Gazzola | 13 Feb 2021 4:52 a.m. PST |
Paul Dawson has a new book out with the title Napoleon's Peninsular War. It looks as though it may be part of a forthcoming series? However, the puzzle is that it shows the book with one 5 star rating on Amazon UK and Amazon.com. But there are no reviews to read or Amazon UK or Amazon.com? So not sure where the 5 star rating comes from? Has anyone got this book or seen any reviews or can direct me any customer reviews? |
| King Monkey | 13 Feb 2021 5:39 a.m. PST |
I've got the book but not read it yet, I'm hoping it is the first of a series as this one ends at Corunna. |
| MarbotsChasseurs | 13 Feb 2021 8:29 a.m. PST |
Gazzola, This is from Mr. Dawson. "yes, in theory, two or three books to follow. I am working on campaigns of 1809 and 1810 on and off….cut off from Paris though means huge delays" He also told me a lot of new evidence has come up from personal archives of the generals who fought at Talavera. I hope this helps. I have not read his most recent books yet. However, his archival research has helped me a lot with my own research. Michael |
| King Monkey | 13 Feb 2021 10:20 a.m. PST |
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| Brechtel198 | 16 Feb 2021 4:04 p.m. PST |
I received the book today and looked through it to see what is important in it. The strength of the book is the numerous primary source quotations throughout the text that make the book suitable as a reference. Some sources, Marbot and de Segur in particular, should be used with caution, especially de Segur. There is not much analysis and some of it is incorrect as a conclusion. In short, it isn't Oman or anything close to that study, even if it continues. |
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