Author: BLAKENEY ROBERT
Title: A Boy in the Peninsula War, the Services, Adventures and Experiences of Robert Blakeney Subaltern in the 28th Regiment
Description: London, John Murray. 1899, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library, red cloth with raised gilt device of the 28th regiment, a little bumped and rubbed at edges, spine rubbed and sunned, corners frayed, ex-library slip pasted to paste down andfep, stamps to front endpapers and title page, half title soiled and with small hole abraded through, untrimmed fore edges, binding is loosening on the cords, xviii 382pp + folding map at rear, rear hinge cracked, good solid copy, memoir by an Irish member of the 28th Regiment during the Peninsula Campaign against Napoleon, edited by Julian Sturgis, starts with Blakeney's enrollment in 1804 Ireland. Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Napoleonic Wars British Army 28th Regiment Memoir Peninsula War Campaign Wellington


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