Adventures Of A Soldier, Written By Himself; Being The Memoirs Of Edward Costello, K.S.F. Formerly A Non-Commissioned Officer In The Rifle Brigade, Late Captain In The British Legion, And Now One Of The Wardens Of The Tower Of London; Comprising Narrative
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An immersive frontier of memory and comradeship, where the voice of a soldier-scholar speaks across centuries. Adventures Of A Soldier, Written By Himself gathers the gritty immediacy of campaigns and the quiet intensity of daily discipline into a compelling historical narrative. Edward Costello, once a non-commissioned officer in the Rifle Brigade and later a captain in the British Legion, gives us a veteran's-eye view of the Peninsula campaigns under the Duke of Wellington and the turbulent Spanish Civil Wars that followed. This is not merely battle recreation; it is a human record of leader...
An immersive frontier of memory and comradeship, where the voice of a soldier-scholar speaks across centuries. Adventures Of A Soldier, Written By Himself gathers the gritty immediacy of campaigns and the quiet intensity of daily discipline into a compelling historical narrative. Edward Costello, once a non-commissioned officer in the Rifle Brigade and later a captain in the British Legion, gives us a veteran's-eye view of the Peninsula campaigns under the Duke of Wellington and the turbulent Spanish Civil Wars that followed. This is not merely battle recreation; it is a human record of leadership, endurance, and the shifting loyalties of war. The memoirs unfold with clear, accessible prose that respects both the weight of duty and the awkward, humorous, sometimes harrowing moments of frontline experience. For military history readers and history collectors alike, it offers a vivid peninsula Spain setting and a wellington era memoirs sensibility that resonates beyond the period. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this edition is restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint-it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure. A serious historical work that will attract casual readers with its narrative pull and classic-literature enthusiasts with its spirit, costello's account remains a vivid beacon of Napoleonic Wars narratives and the timeless art of soldierly memory.
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