No Ordinary General: Lt General Sir Henry Bunbury (1778-1860) the Best Soldier Historian

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Secondhand. Good condition. Book has some general wear to edges and corners. Dust jacket has wear at spine. Previous owner has signed inside page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker.

Aide-de-camp to the Duke of York in the disastrous campaign that was fought in Holland in the last year of the eighteenth century, and of which he has left an unforgettable description in his narratives. Bunbury, unlike most British army officers of his time, took his profession seriously.

Bunbury served as chief of staff in Sicily to several army commanders and distinguished himself at the battle of Maida. His reputation for sound administration won him the appointment in England of undersecretary of state for war, a post he held from 1809 until the war was finally over.

In his retirement, Bunbury wrote his history of the Napoleonic Wars as he had personally experienced them. His writings also include vivid accounts of his travels in Sicily and France at various stages of his life.