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Burgos in the Peninsular War, 1808-1814

Occupation, Siege, Aftermath

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850 (WCS)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Sources and Questions

    • Charles J. Esdaile, Philip Freeman
    Pages 1-16
  3. Beginnings

    • Charles J. Esdaile, Philip Freeman
    Pages 17-40
  4. Occupation

    • Charles J. Esdaile, Philip Freeman
    Pages 41-64
  5. The March

    • Charles J. Esdaile, Philip Freeman
    Pages 65-83
  6. The Siege

    • Charles J. Esdaile, Philip Freeman
    Pages 84-125
  7. Postscript: 1813 and After

    • Charles J. Esdaile, Philip Freeman
    Pages 126-135
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 136-221

About this book

For a full month in the autumn of 1812 the 2,000-strong garrison of the fortress the French had constructed to overawe the city of Burgos defied the Duke of Wellington. In this work a leading historian of the Peninsular teams up with a leading conflict archaeologist to examine the reasons for Wellington's failure.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Liverpool, UK

    Charles J. Esdaile, Philip Freeman

About the authors

Charles J. Esdaile is Professor of History at the University of Liverpool, UK. Educated at the University of Lancaster, he has been a member of staff at the University of Liverpool since 1989, and is the author of numerous works on the Napoleonic period in general and the Peninsular War in particular. Prior to 1989 he was for four years Wellington Papers Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, UK.

Phil Freeman is a senior lecturer in the Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, UK. A graduate of the University of Sheffield, he initially specialized in the Roman Britain, but has since become heavily involved in conflict archaeology in which connection he has been involved in excavations in Jordan, Turkey and the Crimea.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Burgos in the Peninsular War, 1808-1814

  • Book Subtitle: Occupation, Siege, Aftermath

  • Authors: Charles J. Esdaile, Philip Freeman

  • Series Title: War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137432902

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-43289-6Published: 15 December 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-49253-4Published: 01 January 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-43290-2Published: 15 December 2014

  • Series ISSN: 2634-6699

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-6702

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 221

  • Topics: European History, History of Military, History of France, Archaeology, Modern History

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