History of The War in the Peninsula by Major General Sir William Napier - 1973

London, UK: The Folio Society, 1973 The Folio Society, London, UK. 1973. Hardcover. Special Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Abridged edition of the 6 volume original. Book Condition: As New. No DJ. Slipcase is fine with no breaks or tears; small moisture spot on the bottom of the case. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering in a maroon shadowbox on the spine; gilt decorations and borders on the spine and front board. Tinted textblock top. 331 pp 8vo. This is the author's finest work of the volumes he wrote on the The Peninsular War (1807–1814) It was a military conflict fought by Spain and Portugal, assisted by the United Kingdom, against the invading and occupying forces of France for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence. The war began when the French and Spanish armies invaded and occupied Portugal in 1807 by transiting through Spain, and it escalated in 1808 after Napoleonic France had occupied Spain, which had been its ally. Napoleon Bonaparte forced the abdications of Ferdinand VII and his father Charles IV and then installed his brother Joseph Bonaparte on the Spanish throne and promulgated the Bayonne Constitution. Most Iberians rejected French rule and fought a bloody war to oust them. The war on the peninsula lasted until the Sixth Coalition defeated Napoleon in 1814, and it is regarded as one of the first wars of national liberation and is significant for the emergence of large-scale guerrilla warfare. A clean pristine copy.