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Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket Hardcover - 2002

by Richard Holmes

Based on the letters and diaries of the British soldiers who served as the backbone of the army from 1760 to 1860, this illuminating book is rich in the history of a fascinating era. of illustrations.


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Redcoat is the story of the British soldier--those noncommissioned men whom Kipling called the backbone of the army--from roughly 1760 to 1860. Based on the letters and diaries of the men who served and the women who followed them, this book is rich in the history of a fascinating era. Among the highlights are Wolfe's victory and death at Quebec, Wellington's Peninsular War, Waterloo, the retreat from Kabul, the Crimean War, and the Indian Mutiny. The focus of Redcoat, however, is on the individual recollections and experiences of the ordinary soldiers in the wars of Georgian and early Victorian England. Through their stories and anecdotes--of uniforms, equipment, floggings, wounds, food, barrack life, courage, comradeship, death, love, and loss--Richard Holmes provides a comprehensive portrait of an extraordinarily successful fighting force.

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HE HAS NOT SHAVED this morning.

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  • Title Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket
  • Author Richard Holmes
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 496
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date October 14, 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780393052114 / 0393052117
  • Weight 1.91 lbs (0.87 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.58 x 6.24 x 1.67 in (24.33 x 15.85 x 4.24 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 17th Century
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - History, Military - 19th, Great Britain - History, Military - 18th
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002075206
  • Dewey Decimal Code 355.009

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  • Booklist, 11/15/2002, Page 551
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