CAMPAIGNING WITH THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND FEATHERSTONE: A Guide to the Battles in Spain and Portugal, with Donald Featherstone, the Duke of Wellington, and All the Others, 1808-1814 and 1973-1992 [Hardcover]

Donald Featherstone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1994

In a series of battles in Spain and Portugal the Duke of Wellington defeated many of Napoleon's best generals and learned the lessons that led to ultimate victory at Waterloo. This book offers a wealth of detail, but also serves as a colorful introduction to the Napoleonic era.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 351 pages
• Publisher: Emperor's Press; Original edition (March 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962665592
• ISBN-13: 978-0962665592
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #582,981 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sloppy fact-checking & proofreading. What's true?What isn't?, December 31, 1997

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This review is from: CAMPAIGNING WITH THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND FEATHERSTONE: A Guide to the Battles in Spain and Portugal, with Donald Featherstone, the Duke of Wellington, and All the Others, 1808-1814 and 1973-1992 (Hardcover)

While the book's premise is excellent and the use of eye-witness accounts laudable, the numerous typos, inconsistencies and errors make one feel unable to trust the information presented. (On page 9, we "learn" that the battle of Vitoria occurred in 1815!) The typos are truly jolting: "filed" for field; "Moor" for Moore; "form" for from, "Sit" for Sir. And that's just in the first three pages. The author states that this is book doesn't claim to be an "academic or definitive work," but it's unusual for a work on this subject (and at this price! - $35 at the bookstore) to be so poorly presented. There's good stuff in it, but who knows what's accurate and what isn't? A real disappointment.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some of the best OOB for the peninsular war, September 15, 2000

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Amin Ibrahim - See all my reviews

This review is from: CAMPAIGNING WITH THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND FEATHERSTONE: A Guide to the Battles in Spain and Portugal, with Donald Featherstone, the Duke of Wellington, and All the Others, 1808-1814 and 1973-1992 (Hardcover)

While the book does contain spelling errors and in general suffers from poor editing, the orders of battle are very precise, and a must for wargamers. The maps and battle descriptions are also excellent. I'd recommend this book to any wargamer or history buff interested in the peninsular war.

Amin

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book on the Pennisular War, April 29, 2007

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Paras Sanghri - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CAMPAIGNING WITH THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND FEATHERSTONE: A Guide to the Battles in Spain and Portugal, with Donald Featherstone, the Duke of Wellington, and All the Others, 1808-1814 and 1973-1992 (Hardcover)

This is a good book on the Pennisular War by noted wargaming author Donald Featherstone. Has all the order of battles and descriptions of the battles.Also has a set of rules you can use to play with. He's a bit pro-british, but then again me being a Bonaparist also have my bias. excellent book though you must get this one