Viva La Franca
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Viva La Franca
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Author : Aldo Dalla Vecchia
language : it
Publisher: Graphe.it Edizioni
Release Date : 2020-06-26
Viva La Franca written by Aldo Dalla Vecchia and has been published by Graphe.it Edizioni this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Chi potrebbe dubitare di quale sia la Franca in questione, con l’articolo davanti al nome, alla milanese? Così lo pronuncerebbe la Signorina Snob, uno dei personaggi più noti e amati fra le tante caricature sociali abilmente dipinte da Franca Valeri, artista versatile e dalla carriera lunga quanto una lunga vita. Appassionato e competente, con una scrittura gradevole l’autore ne ripercorre a uso dei lettori la produzione teatrale, cinematografica, radiofonica e letteraria, ed evita rispettosamente di indugiare sulla vita privata, come «la Franca» stessa preferirebbe, con ogni probabilità. Per cultori desiderosi di riscoprire le chicche, ma anche per chi non c’era quando la tv è nata e desidera documentarsi su quegli anni di fervido lavoro culturale.
Voices From The Napoleonic Wars
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Author : Jon E. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-04-09
Voices From The Napoleonic Wars written by Jon E. Lewis and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-09 with History categories.
Voices from the Napoleonic Wars reveals in telling detail the harsh lives of soldiers at the turn of the eighteenth century and in the early years of the nineteenth - the poor food and brutal discipline they endured, along with the forced marches and bloody, hand-to-hand combat. Contemporaries were mesmerised by Napoleon, and with good reason: in 1812, he had an unprecedented million men and more under arms. His new model army of volunteers and conscripts at epic battles such as Austerlitz, Salamanca, Borodino, Jena and, of course, Waterloo marked the beginning of modern warfare, the road to the Sommes and Stalingrad. The citizen-in-arms of Napoleon's Grande Armée and other armies of the time gave rise to a distinct body of soldiers' personal memoirs. The personal accounts that Jon E. Lewis has selected from these memoirs, as well as from letters and diaries, include those of Rifleman Harris fighting in the Peninsular Wars, and Captain Alexander Cavalie Mercer of the Royal Horse Artillery at Waterloo. They cover the land campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars (1739-1802), the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) and the War of 1812 (1812-1815), in North America. This was the age of cavalry charges, of horse-drawn artillery, of muskets and hand-to-hand combat with sabres and bayonets. It was an era in which inspirational leadership and patriotic common cause counted for much at close quarters on chaotic and bloody battlefields. The men who wrote these accounts were directly involved in the sweeping campaigns and climactic battles that set Europe and America alight at the turn of the eighteenth century and in the years that followed. Alongside recollections of the ferocity of hard-fought battles are the equally telling details of the common soldier's daily life - short rations, forced marches in the searing heat of the Iberian summer and the bitter cold of the Russian winter, debilitating illnesses and crippling wounds, looting and the lash, but also the compensations of hard-won comradeship in the face of ever-present death. Collectively, these personal accounts give us the most vivid picture of warfare 200 and more years ago, in the evocative language of those who knew it at first hand - the men and officers of the British, French and American armies. They let us know exactly what it was like to be an infantryman, a cavalryman, an artilleryman of the time.
Robert Craufurd The Man The Myth
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Author : Ian Fletcher
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Release Date : 2021-05-12
Robert Craufurd The Man The Myth written by Ian Fletcher and has been published by Pen and Sword Military this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
To most students of the Peninsular War the name Robert Craufurd evokes images of a battle-hardened martinet, flogging his men across Portugal and Spain, driving them hard and generally taking a tough stance against anything and everything that did not meet with his own strict disciplinarian code. But that is only a partial picture of this most complex character, and it is the other side of Craufurd’s personality that is revealed in this, the first full-length biography to be written in the last hundred years. Craufurd’s letters to his wife are published here for the first time, and they show that he was a far more interesting and varied man in his private life than he appeared to be on campaign. Ian Fletcher follows Craufurd’s controversial career from India, Ireland and South America to the Iberian Peninsula where he achieved immortality as one of Wellington’s finest generals.
Bentley S Miscellany
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Author : Charles Dickens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1845
Bentley S Miscellany written by Charles Dickens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1845 with English literature categories.
The Recollections Of Rifleman Harris
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Author : Benjamin Randell Harris
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2022-08-18
The Recollections Of Rifleman Harris written by Benjamin Randell Harris and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-18 with History categories.
'Describing narrow squeaks and terrible deprivations, Harris's unflowery account of fortitude and resilience in Spain still bristles with a freshness and an invigorating spikiness' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'A most vivid record of the war in Spain and Portugal against Napoleon' MAIL ON SUNDAY Benjamin Harris was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the dashing 95th Rifles. His battalion was ordered to Portugal, where he marched under the burning sun, weighed down by his kit and great-coat, plus all the tools and leather he had to carry as the battalion's cobbler - 'the lapstone I took the liberty of flinging to the Devil'. Rifleman Harris was a natural story-teller with a remarkable tale to unfold, and his Recollections have become one of the most popular military books of all time.
Tales Of The Wars Or Naval And Military Chronicle Containing Complete Histories Of The Wars In China Syria And Affghanistan Illustrated With Numerous Engravings And Steel Portraits Etc
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Author : TALES.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1846
Tales Of The Wars Or Naval And Military Chronicle Containing Complete Histories Of The Wars In China Syria And Affghanistan Illustrated With Numerous Engravings And Steel Portraits Etc written by TALES. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1846 with categories.
The British Esperantist
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1905
The British Esperantist written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1905 with Esperanto categories.
The Recollections Of Rifleman Harris The Book Which Inspired The Sharpe Novels
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Author : Benjamin Harris
language : en
Publisher: Abela Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2018-08-30
The Recollections Of Rifleman Harris The Book Which Inspired The Sharpe Novels written by Benjamin Harris and has been published by Abela Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-30 with History categories.
The book which inspired the Sharpe Novels! Just as in the Sharpe Novels by Bernard Cornwell, the Prince’s Own 95th Rifles was a real regiment, and there was a real Rifleman Harris for it is his recollections which are published in this volume. There was indeed a soldier who joined the rifles and was soon made a sergeant. By the end of the wars he had, unusually, risen to be a commissioned officer (see Ch. XV.). It is believed that it is this story which inspired the character of Richard Sharpe. Harris’ story starts after he had been recruited and was now, in-turn, on a recruiting drive. In this volume he recounts anecdotes about his officers; believe me all enlisted men have such stories about their officers. He also recounts occurrences of desertion and the penalties if caught, cases of treachery and accounts of camaraderie. There is even an account of how he held a perfectly rational conversation with a fellow rifleman during the heat of battle, no easy feat when you’re using a muzzle loader. All of these are retold at some point during the Sharpe Novels. Also recorded are the battles in which the part he, and the 95th, took part. Here you can read of the battles of Roliça, Vimiero, Slamanca and the retreat to Corunna. Read also of the stories of “A cobbler and the cannon ball”, “A lubberly artilleryman”, “Major Travers and his wig” and how the 95th routed Boney's Invincibles. If a soldier survived the Peninsula War, he would have had the opportunity to augment his meagre wages by plundering what items of value the enemy left behind. In many cases this meant picking over the dead. Hence there was the opportunity to finish the war a lot wealthier than he could have imagined. The wives and dependants of the soldiers were also allowed to pick over the dead at the end of each battle. In most cases it would mean cutting off brass buttons and removing belts. If they were lucky they may find an officer’s sword or pistols. Many would convert their pickings to cash, or use them to trade, for food for themselves and any children they may have with them. Harris himself was illiterate. He is thought to have been born in Portsea, Portsmouth into a family of shepherds and this was his way of life until he joined the army in 1803. His recollections were recorded for him, after the war, at some stage in the middle of the 1830s by an officer who knew him, Captain Henry Curling, editor of this volume. Curling then kept the manuscript until 1848, when he succeeded in getting it published. So, we invite you to download this very interesting, first-hand account, of an enlisted man who inspired the story of Richard Sharpe and the Sharpe Novels. =============== HISTORICAL NOTE: The Prince’s Own 95th underwent a few reinventions and amalgamations during the Peninsula Wars ending the Napoleonic wars as The Rifle Brigade. They were still in existence during WWI and at the outbreak of WWII they were part of The 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade and performed with distinguished service during both World Wars. On 1 January 1966 the regiment was amalgamated with the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) and the King's Royal Rifle Corps to form The Royal Green Jackets. The 1st Battalion The Royal Green Jackets' final operation was in Basra, Iraq, on Operation Telic in 2006/7. Thereafter they were reorganised and amalgamated in 2007 with a few other regiments to become The Rifles. =============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Richard Sharpe, Sharpe Series, Sharpe Novels, Bernard Cornwell, Rifleman Harris, Peninsula Wars, Napoleon, Boney, Recruiting, Army Reserve, penalty for desertion, General Craufurd, cowardice, treachery, Trial, General Whitelock, Irish recruits, shillelagh, Protestant, Catholic, Danish expedition, home, Embark, Spain, Portugal, Lord Hill, wine, in the field, the wounded, enemy, Manœuvres, advance, Battle of Roliça, devotion, Battle of Vimiero, cobbler, cannon ball, handicraft, lubberly, artilleryman, heat of action, battle-field, Vimiero, military family, scapegrace, surprise, fortune, General Napier, Boney, Invincibles, cold steel, Church plunder, haphazard shot, Booty, Portuguese, chivalry, General Kellerman, hornet's nest, Beat to quarters, Salamanca, Heavy marches, gallant, military agriculturist, gentleman farmer, Death or glory, The Duke, Wellington, brothers Hart, North Mayo, militiaman, Marshal Beresford, gunpowder, False alarm, Retreat, Skirmish, pursuers, escapes, rounds, French general, New year's day, mutineers, inflexibility, endurance, wilderness, Dangerous ground, magic lantern, in need, Sir Dudley Hill, stragglers, Spanish welcome, English ships, Other ranks, demon runner, Winning, commission, Flushing, Walcheren fever, expedition, attack, survivor, veteran battalion, independent companies
March Of Death
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Author : Christopher Summerville
language : en
Publisher: Frontline Books
Release Date : 2004-01-01
March Of Death written by Christopher Summerville and has been published by Frontline Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with History categories.
In the bitter winter of 1808, a small British force found itself outnumbered and outmanouevered by a French army led by none other than the emperor Napoleon. Faced with crushing defeat, the British, commanded by Sir John Moore, turned and began a legendary march through the snow and ice of northern Spain to freedom and escape. Napoleon, swearing that he would drive the British leopard into the sea, pursued and an epic was born.
New Society
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
New Society written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Great Britain categories.