War To The Death: The Sieges of Saragossa 1808-1809
War To The Death: The Sieges of Saragossa 1808-1809 | Rare and modern books | Raymond Rudorff
Rare and modern books
Raymond Rudorff
Purnell Book Services Ltd,
1974
War To The Death: The Sieges of Saragossa 1808-1809
War To The Death: The Sieges of Saragossa 1808-1809 | Rare and modern books | Raymond Rudorff
Rare and modern books
Raymond Rudorff
Purnell Book Services Ltd,
1974
6.75 €
(Hyde,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1974
- Place of printing
- London
- Author
- Raymond Rudorff
- Publishers
- Purnell Book Services Ltd
- Size
- 9.5 x 6.25 inches
- Keyword
- Military, History, Peninsular War, Napoleon
- Cover description
- Very Good
- Binding description
- H
- Dust jacket
- True
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Languages
- English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
Description
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight rubbing to upper edge and sunning to spine. 278pp. The second French attack under Napoleon in the Peninsular War w on the city of Saragossa in Spain was met with reistance from 30,000 regular Spanish troops plus thousands of armed civilians. After twenty-four days of fighting, the French were eventually victorious leaving 54,000 soldiers and civilians dead and with one third of the city destroyed.
