LEGACY OF GLORY - The Bonaparte Kingdom of Spain 1808-1813. Glover HBdj VG

Description: LEGACY OF GLORY - The Bonaparte Kingdom of Spain 1808-1813. Glover, MichaelNew York, 1971, Scribners US first edition, hard bound in dust jacket, VG/VG- ( dj shows a little edge wear ), 6x9, xii, 353 pages, illus, maps, bibliog, index------------------ This is a lively and authoritatively written account of one of the most bitter episodes in history Napoleon's five-year-long struggle to assert his control over Spain. In the Peninsular War, which pitted the French against the Spaniards and their English allies, a war that gave the word "guerrilla" to the language, there are dozens of dramatic figures: the Duke of Wellington, one of history's greatest soldiers, his opponent, Marshal Soult, Napoleon himself, the painter Goya, and others. But the figure who stands out most sharply in Michael Glover's fascinating account of the French in Spain is Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother, the puppet king of Spain and the Indies, the "Uninvited King," as his contemptuous subjects called him. In 1808 Joseph came to the throne assuming that his new kingdom would welcome him and that his brother would allow him independence. Neither hope proved true, and Joseph's years in Spain were a succession of frustrations and military disasters.---------------------- To win the love of the Spaniards, Joseph started out by scattering gold in the streets; but soon there was very little gold to scatter. What money there was was used up in unsuccessful military campaigns. Joseph's efforts to win the confidence of Napoleon were equally unsuccessful and he was constantly being undercut. Faced with formidable opposition from the Spaniards, the French who were ostensibly under his command, and the English who were determined to drive him out of Spain, Joseph was bound to fail. Michael Glover tells his story with sympathy and grace and in LEGACY OF GLORY Joseph Bonaparte emerges as a figure of near-tragic distinction.******************************************************************** THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING WITH US - WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINES INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE NOTICE ! AS OF MAY 14th, 2007, THE US POSTAL SYSTEM HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED INTERNATIONAL MAIL RATES - ALL SURFACE MAIL HAS BEEN DROPPED, THERE WILL ONLY BE TWO CLASSES OF AIR MAIL= PRIORITY OR FIRST CLASS. Due to increasingly higher postal rates, and the many packages that seem to be lost or damaged, on International Mail, we now only will ship internationally via E-Bay’s Global shipping program, which goes by courier services. 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