Narratives of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars [electronic resource] : Military and Civilian Experience in Britain and Ireland /
Kennedy, C.author.
The volume explores how the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars were experienced, perceived and narrated by contemporaries in Britain and Ireland, drawing on an extensive range of personal testimonies by soldiers, sailors and civilians to shed new light on the social and cultural history of the period and the history of warfare more broadly.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Narrating War -- Becoming Soldiers and Sailors -- Combat and Campaign -- Travellers in Uniform -- Prisoners of War --- Citizen-Soldiers -- Bringing the War Back Home -- Conclusion: A Waterloo Panorama.
The volume explores how the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars were experienced, perceived and narrated by contemporaries in Britain and Ireland, drawing on an extensive range of personal testimonies by soldiers, sailors and civilians to shed new light on the social and cultural history of the period and the history of warfare more broadly.
Great Britain—History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Europe—History.
Military history.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Modern History.
Social History.
European History.
History of Military.