LINES OF TORRES VERDES

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Study of the cornerstone of Wellington's strategy in the Peninsula 1809-12, b/w maps/illust, biblio.

This is the type of book that is all too rare about the Peninsular War - detailed, well reseached and well-written. Aside from being by far the best book about the Lines, and their remarkable construction and success, this book's secret is that it also happens to contain the best accounts available of both the sige and destruction of Almeida and the battle of Busaco.