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    Title
    An Atlas of the Peninsular War
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Ian Robertson
    Physical properties
    Format: Hardback
    Number of pages: 160
    Width: 200 mm
    Height: 243 mm
    Thickness: 16 mm
    Weight: 694 g
    Audience
    College/higher education
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780300148695
    ISBN 10: 0300148690
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: HIS045000
    BISAC category code: HIS037060
    BISAC category code: HIS027050
    BISAC category code: HIS013000
    BISAC category code: REF002000
    BIC subject category: HBLL
    BIC geographical qualifier: 1D
    BIC time period qualifier: 3JH
    Dewey: 940.27
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T5.4
    LC classification: G
    Illustrations note
    77 maps, plans & details on 53 spreads, plus 35 illus. in colour & b/w
    Publisher
    Yale University Press
    Imprint name
    Yale University Press
    Publication date
    30 November 2010
    Publication City/Country
    New Haven/US
    Main description
    This is the first comprehensive modern atlas of the Peninsular War, the series of campaigns in which almost all the fighting on land took place between Napoleonic France and British Forces commanded by Sir Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington). Here a distinguished military historian examines and explains the sequence of battles and the course of that long war through expertly-drawn cartography in colour.A General introduction, together with a historical summary setting the campaigns in context, is followed by fifty-three detailed maps and plans, each with a complementary text. The physical features of the terrain, with due emphasis on contour, together with the movements and deployment of troops, are portrayed in an animated visual form.The great battles of Vimeiro, Talvera, Busaco, Albuera, Salamanca, Vitoria and the Pyrenees are all graphically described, together with the main sieges and many minor combats; while due importance is given to the several hard-fought actions of the concluding campaign, ending in the bloodbath at Toulouse.The Atlas also contains a chronology, glossary and selective bibliography, making it an indispensable companion for both serious students and amateurs interested in the Napoleonic wars, during the current bicentennial commemoration and beyond.
    Review quote
    "Cartography 'is a way of achieving ideological supremacy over space'. Ian Robertson's Atlas of the Peninsular War bears out the point. Fifty-three maps, accompanied by corresponding explanatory texts, are preceded by a chronology of the main historical events and an introduction. In all these texts the author justifies his views brilliantly. . . . Undoubtedly a pleasure to read. . . . It fulfills the clear aims of the author, and it can be a valuable companion to those who enjoy visiting Wellington's Peninsular battlefields."--Alicia Laspra, "Times Literary Supplement"--Alicia Laspra"Times Literary Supplement" (03/11/2011)
    Biographical note
    Ian Robertson is the author of Wellington at War in the Peninsula, Wellington Invades France, and A Commanding Presence.