Death Before Glory!
The British Soldier in the West Indies in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1793–1815
Martin R. Howard
- Death
- Before
- Glory!
- is
- a
- highly
- readable,
- thoroughly
- researched
- and
- comprehensive
- study
- of
- the
- British
- army's
- campaigns
- in
- the
- West
- Indies
- during
- the
- French
- Revolutionary
- and
- Napoleonic
- period
- and
- of
- the
- extraordinary
- experiences
- of
- the
- soldiers
- who
- served
- there.
- Rich
- in
- sugar,
- cotton,
- coffee
- and
- slaves,
- the
- region
- was
- a
- key
- to
- British
- prosperity
- and
- it
- was
- perhaps
- even
- more
- important
- to
- her
- greatest
- enemy
- France.
- Yet,
- until
- now,
- the
- history
- of
- this
- vital
- theatre
- of
- the
- Napoleonic
- Wars
- has
- been
- seriously
- neglected.
- Not
- only
- does
- Martin
- Howard
- describe,
- in
- graphic
- detail,
- the
- entirety
- of
- the
- British
- campaigns
- in
- the
- region
- between
- 1793
- and
- 1815,
- he
- also
- focuses
- on
- the
- human
- experience
- of
- the
- men
- the
- climate
- and
- living
- conditions,
- the
- rations
- and
- diet,
- military
- discipline
- and
- training,
- the
- treatment
- of
- the
- wounded
- and
- the
- impact
- of
- disease.
- Martin
- Howard's
- thoroughgoing
- and
- original
- work
- is
- the
- essential
- account
- of
- this
- fascinating
- but
- often
- overlooked
- aspect
- of
- the
- history
- of
- the
- British
- army
- and
- the
- Napoleonic Wars.
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