Rifles - Six Years With Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters. - Hardcover

Urban, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571216803 ISBN 13: 9780571216802

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2003

Synopsis

As part of the Light Division created to act as the advance guard of Wellington's army, the 95th Rifles are the first into battle and the last out. Fighting, thieving and raping their way across Europe, they are clearly no ordinary troops. The 95th are in fact the first British soldiers to take aim at their targets, to take cover when being shot at, to move tactically by fire and manoeuvre. And by the end of a six-year campaign they have not only proved themselves the toughest fighters in the army, they have also - at huge personal cost - created the modern notion of the infantryman.

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Review:

A deeply researched, beautifully crafted and captivating volume ... a riveting slab of derring-do and high adventure. -- Daily Express, 25 October 2003

If you like Sharpe, then this book is a must, your Christmas present solved. -- Bernard Cornwell, Daily Mail, 7 November 2003

This book is a delight, wise in its judgments and clear-headed in its approach to the painful field of battle. -- Sunday Herald, October 2003

Urban's last book ... was very good. This is even better. -- Daily Telegraph, October 2003

Urban’s book is war unplugged - vicious, immediate, chaotic and raw. -- Scotland on Sunday, October 2003

Book Description:

Rifles is Mark Urban's exhilarating work of narrative history, described by Bernard Cornwell as 'A great tale, and Mark Urban tells it superbly . . . If you like Sharpe, then this book is a must.'

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0571216803
• ISBN 13: 9780571216802
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352