Sir Charles Oman’s 7-volume History of the Peninsular War

The 1807-1814 war in the Iberian Peninsula was one of the most significant and influential campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Arising from Napoleon’s strategic necessity to impose his rule over Portugal and Spain, it evolved into a constant drain on his resources. Sir Charles Oman’s 7-volume history of the campaign is an unrivalled and essential work. His extensive use and analysis of French, Spanish, Portuguese and British participants’ accounts and archival material, together with his own inspection of the battlefields, provides a comprehensive and balanced account of this most important episode in Napoleonic military history.
VOL 1: NAPOLEON AND THE SPANISH BOURBONS THE LAND AND THE COMBATANTS SARAGOSSA AND BAYLEN THE ENGLISH IN PORTUGAL THE STRUGGLE IN CATALONIA THE CONSEQUENCES OF BAYLEN NAPOLEON’S INVASION OF SPAIN THE CAMPAIGN OF SIR JOHN MOORE APPENDICES, MAPS, PLANS AND PORTRAITS VOL 2: AFTER CORUNNA THE AUTUMN AND WINTER CAMPAIGN IN CATALONIA THE SECOND SIEGE OF SARAGOSSA THE SPRING CAMPAIGN IN LA MANCHA AND ESTREMADURA SOULT’S INVASION OF PORTUGAL WELLESLEY’S CAMPAIGN IN NORTHERN PORTUGAL (MAY 1809) OPERATIONS IN NORTERN SPAIN (MARCH-JUNE 1809) THE TALAVERA CAMPAIGN (JULY-AUG. 1809) APPENDICES, MAPS, PLANS AND ILLUSTRATIONS VOL 3. FROM TALAVERA TO OCANA THE CONQUEST OF ANDALUSIA THE PORTUGUESE CAMPAIGN OF 1810 THE PRELIMINARIES: JAN.-AUG. 1810 OPERATIONS IN THE EAST AND SOUTH OF SPAIN DURING THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1810 BUSSACO AND TORRES VEDRAS (SEP.-DEC. 1810) THE END OF THE YEAR 1810 APPENDICES, MAPS, PLANS AND ILLUSTRATIONS VOL. 4: THE WINTER CAMPAIGN OF 1810-11 MASSENA’S RETREAT FROM PORTUGAL EVENTS IN NORTHERN, EASTERN AND CENTRAL SPAIN FUENTES DE ONORO AND ALBUERA WELLINGTON’S FIRST ESTREMADURAN CAMPAIGN OPERATIONS IN EASTERN SPAIN IN THE SPRING, SUMMER AND AUTUMS OF 1811 WELLINGTON’S AUTUMN CAMPAIGN OF 1811 APPENDICES, MAPS, PLANS AND ILLUSTRATIONS VOL. 5: SUCHET’S CONQUEST OF VALENCIA, SEPTEMBER 1811-JANUARY 1812 MINOR CAMPAIGN OF THE WINTER OF 1811-12 WELLINGTON’S FIRST CAMPAIGN OF 1812. JANUARY-APRIL THE SALAMANCA CAMPAIGN. MAY-AUGUST 1812 APPENDICES, MAPS, PLANS AND ILLUSTRATIONS VOL. 6: THE BURGOS CAMPAIGN WINTER QUARTERS. WELLINGTON AT CADIZ AND FRENEDA. THE CAMPAIGN OF CASTALLA. ETC THE MARCH TO VITTORIA THE EXPULSION OF THE FRENCH FROM SPAIN THE BATTLES OF THE PYRENEES APPENDICES, MAPS, PLANS AND ILLUSTRATIONS .