Narratives of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: Military and Civilian Experience in Britain and Ireland

C. Kennedy

Palgrave Macmillan UK, Sep 27, 2013 - History - 263 pages

The volume explores how the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars were experienced, perceived and narrated by contemporaries in Britain and Ireland, drawing on an extensive range of personal testimonies by soldiers, sailors and civilians to shed new light on the social and cultural history of the period and the history of warfare more broadly.

About the author

Catriona Kennedy is Lecturer in Modern British and Irish History at the University of York, UK. Her publications include, as co-editor with Matthew McCormack, Soldiering in Britain and Ireland, 1750-1850: Men of Arms (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Narratives of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: Military and Civilian Experience in Britain and Ireland; War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850
• Author: C. Kennedy
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2013
• ISBN: 0230275435, 9780230275430
• Length: 263 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / General; History / Europe / Great Britain / General; History / General; History / Military / General; History / Modern / General; History / Social History