Charles Oman: 47 books
by Charles Oman
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
THERE WAS A TIME, NOT so very long ago, when the taunt was true that history was written as if it were a mere string of anecdotal biographies of great men. But for the last forty years the pendulum has been swinging so much in the other direction, that it has become necessary to enforce the lesson...
by Charles Oman
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
While working for the last nine years at the History of the Peninsular War, I have (as was inevitable) been compelled to accumulate many notes, and much miscellaneous information which does not bear upon the actual chronicle of events in the various campaigns that lie between 1808 and 1814, but yet...
by Charles Oman
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
‘I am not the heir of Louis XIV, I am the heir of Charlemagne,’ wrote Napoleon, in one of those moments of epigrammatic self-revelation which are so precious to the students of the most interesting epoch and the most interesting personality of modern history. There are historians who have sought...
by Charles Oman
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
Published in 1912, this indispensable history of the British field army in the Iberian Peninsula under the legendary command of Wellington is filled with tactical insights and fascinating period details. Interesting aspects of day-to-day life and the mental states of the soldiers are enhanced by writings from the actual soldiers.
by Charles Oman
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
THERE WAS A TIME, NOT so very long ago, when the taunt was true that history was written as if it were a mere string of anecdotal biographies of great men. But for the last forty years the pendulum has been swinging so much in the other direction, that it has become necessary to enforce the lesson...
by Charles Oman
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Few of the really important episodes of English history are so short, sudden, and dramatic as the great insurrection of June 1381, which still bears in most histories its old and not very accurate title of ' Wat Tyler's Rebellion'. Only a short month separates the first small riot in Essex, with which...
by Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman KBE
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
“These fascinating and valuable studies supplement Sir Charles Oman’s major works about the Napoleonic Wars —Wellington’s Army and the majestic seven-volume History of the Peninsular War.
The subjects of study range widely and interestingly. They include a discussion of the views of...
A History of the Peninsular War, Volume VII: August 1813 to April 14, 1814
St Sebastian's Capture, Wellington's Invasion of France, Battles of Nive, Orthez, Toulouse [Illustrated Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Illustrated with 18 maps and illustrations
The 1807-14 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon's strategic need to impose his rule over Portugal and Spain, it evolved into a constant drain on his resources....
A History of the Peninsular War Volume I 1807-1809
From the Treaty of Fontainebleau to the Battle of Corunna [Illustrated Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Illustrated with 9 maps and 2 portraits
The 1807-14 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon's strategic need to impose his rule over Portugal and Spain, it evolved into a constant drain on his resources. Sir...
A History of the Peninsular War, Volume III September 1809 to December 1810
September 1809 to December 1810: Ocana, Cadiz, Bussaco, Torres Vedras [Illustrated Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Illustrated with 14 maps and 5 portraits
The 1807-14 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon's strategic need to impose his rule over Portugal and Spain, it evolved into a constant drain on his resources....
A History of the Peninsular War, Volume II January to September 1809
From the Battle of Corunna to the End of the Talavera Campaign [Illustrated Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Illustrated with 9 maps and 5 portraits
The 1807-14 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon's strategic need to impose his rule over Portugal and Spain, it evolved into a constant drain on his resources. Sir...
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by Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman KBE
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Includes over 100 maps of the actions, engagements and battles of the entire Peninsular War.
Whilst writing his magisterial The History of The Peninsular War, Sir Charles Oman gathered material that was to become Wellington’s Army. Into Wellington’s Army he gathered, as he says in his Preface,...
A History of the Peninsular War, Volume IV December 1810-December 1811
Massena's Retreat, Fuentes De Onoro, Albuera, Tarragona [Illustrated Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Illustrated with 16 maps and 5 portraits
The 1807-14 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon's strategic need to impose his rule over Portugal and Spain, it evolved into a constant drain on his resources....
A History of the Peninsular War, Volume V: October 1811-August 31, 1812
Valencia, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Madrid [Illustrated Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Illustrated with 15 maps and 6 portraits
The 1807-14 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon's strategic need to impose his rule over Portugal and Spain, it evolved into a constant drain on his resources....