History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, Vol. 1: From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Napier, William Francis Patrick

9780331566147: History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, Vol. 1: From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814 (Classic Reprint)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0331566141 ISBN 13: 9780331566147

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Excerpt from History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, Vol. 1: From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814

For six years the Peninsula was devastated by the war of independence. The blood of France, Germany, England, Portugal, and Spain was shed in the contest, and in each of those countries, authors, desirous of recording the sufferings or celebrating the valour of their countrymen, have written largely touching that fierce struggle. It may therefore be demanded, why thricetold tale should be renewed? I answer, that two men observing the same object will describe it diversely, according to the point of view from which either beholds it in the eyes of one it shall be a fair prospect, to the other a barren waste, and neither may see arightl Wherefore, truth being the legitimate object of history, it is better that she should be sought for by many than by few, lest for want of seekers, amongst the mists of prejudice and the false lights of interest, she be lost altogether.

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