Corunna 1809: Sir John Moores Fighting Retreat
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Corunna 1809: Sir John Moores Fighting Retreat
By (Author) Philip Haythornthwaite
Illustrated by Christa Hook
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Osprey Publishing
15th February 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
European history
Specific wars and campaigns
Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare)
940.27
Physical Properties
Paperback
96
Width 184mm, Height 248mm, Spine 8mm
344g
Description
The retreat to Corunna is one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Late in 1808 Sir John Moore found himself virtually alone with his small British army deep inside Spain. The armies of his Spanish allies had been overwhelmed and he faced a victorious French force under the Emperor Napoleon. He had little option but to order a retreat to the port of Corunna. This became the most arduous of trials with armies traversing mountainous terrain over appalling roads in the depths of winter. Somehow Moore held his outnumbered, exhausted men together as they struggled to reach safety. Finally at Corunna Moore's army turned to face its tormentors.
Author Bio
Philip Haythornthwaite is an expert on the Napoleonic Wars with a worldwide reputation. He has written some 40 books, more than 20 for Osprey including Warrior 22 Imperial Guardsman 17991815, but still finds time to indulge himself in his other great passion cricket. Christa Hook is one of Ospreys most popular illustrators, a reputation justly deserved given the perfect blend of attention to detail and narrative realisation that penetrates her work. Her work for Osprey to date includes Warrior 18 Knight of Outremer 1187-1344 AD, and Campaign 70 Marengo 1800 Napoleons Day of Fate.
