"Has anyone read "Napoleon's Stolen Army"?" Topic
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79thPA  | 28 Mar 2022 10:57 a.m. PST |
Looking for feedback. Thanks. link |
| JimDuncanUK | 28 Mar 2022 12:41 p.m. PST |
Not aware of this story line. Book is currently just over £23.00 GBP on Amazon so outside my normal book budget. |
| Shagnasty | 28 Mar 2022 3:49 p.m. PST |
Familiar with the event but not the book. Shows what maritime dominance can achieve. |
| Mollinary | 29 Mar 2022 1:52 a.m. PST |
I seem to remember one of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels covered this? |
| arthur1815 | 29 Mar 2022 3:53 a.m. PST |
I've read it. The book is a carefully researched, detailed account of an interesting operation by the Royal Navy to bring Romana's troops back to Spain. Whether it had any significant effect on the Peninsular War is another matter. |
| BillyNM | 29 Mar 2022 6:25 a.m. PST |
I have the book and agree with arthur1815 that is seems well reearched but I found it a pretty dry read. Are there specific questions you want answered? |
| 79thPA | 29 Mar 2022 6:38 a.m. PST |
Not really. It sounds like an interesting topic, but it seems to be a little pricey for a book of its size. I know, you are paying for the information. It just seems to be one of those little written about (in English, anyway) episodes of the era. I've got a soft spot for oddball stuff. |
| robert piepenbrink | 29 Mar 2022 11:17 a.m. PST |
Oman did it twice, I think. Briefly in his Peninsular War, and in more detail in his Studies in the Napoleonic Wars. But successful and nearly bloodless evacuations don't leave you with much to wargame. I'd pay that money much for a book on Hobkirk's Hill, but I suspect the problem there is a shortage of material rather than an absence of research. |
| WKeyser | 05 Apr 2022 9:47 p.m. PST |
It is 26 USD on the Helion web site. |
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