Wellington's Men in Australia: Peninsular War Veterans and the Making of Empire C.1820-40 by Wright, C.

Wellington's Men in Australia: Peninsular War Veterans and the Making of Empire C.1820-40 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230252301)

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Format: Hardcover
$119.00
$119.00
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Wellington's Men in Australia: Peninsular War Veterans and the Making of Empire C.1820-40 by Wright, C.

Wellington's Men in Australia: Peninsular War Veterans and the Making of Empire C.1820-40

$119.00
Wellington's Men in Australia: Peninsular War Veterans and the Making of Empire C.1820-40 by Wright, C.

Wellington's Men in Australia: Peninsular War Veterans and the Making of Empire C.1820-40

$119.00
Format: Hardcover
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An exploration of the little-known yet historically important emigration of British army officers to the Australian colonies in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The book looks at the significant impact they made at a time of great colonial expansion, particularly in new south Wales with its transition from a convict colony to a free society.

Author: C. Wright
ISBN-10: 0230252303
ISBN-13: 9780230252301
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 04/28/2011
Pages: 243
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d
By C. Wright
By C. Wright
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CHRISTINE WRIGHT lives in New South Wales, and is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, Canberra, where she completed her PhD on the impact of Peninsular War veterans on the Australian colonies. She has lectured, tutored and published in the fields of British and Australian history.

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