An essential first hand account from a French soldier during the War of Spanish Succession and the conflicts leading up to it. Translated into english in 1904, this is a first edition of this outstanding wartime narrative. Personal accounts by French soldiers have not proliferated in the English language and those that concern the Napoleonic Wars are much sought after by readers and invariably repay the effort to find them with an interesting tale, compellingly told. This account concerns another period some one hundred years or so before the time of the First Empire, but it too is a first rate personal account full of anecdote, drama, duelling, camp and campaign life, battles and sieges that will not disappoint. This highly regarded French soldier fought in the War of the Spanish Succession-among others-and so the reader will understand what warfare was like on the other side of the lines from the great Duke of Marlborough and his ally, Eugene of Savoy. Seconded to service by the Elector of Bavaria, the author was a committed and aggressive soldier who, together with his French contingent, invariably found himself in the thick of the action. This is an essential and riveting narrative from the time when central Europe was boiling with dispute and the Bourbon monarchy was at the pinnacle of its power and influence. Highly recommended. Title: Chronicles of an Old Campaigner 1692-1717 Author Name: Horsley, Walter C Location Published: John Murray: 1904 Binding: harccover Book Condition: Very Good Pages: 479 Categories: European Wars 1600s, European Wars 1700s Seller ID: 1558
