Vintage Book 1909 Dumouriez & the Defence of England Against Napoleon H/B Histor

Description: Vintage account of French military officer Charles Francois Dumouriez (1739-1823). Covers his early career in the French Army, defection and later years as advisor to the British in their coastal defences: Dumouriz and the Defence of England Against Napoleon by J. Holland Rose and A. M. Bradley Published by John Lane The Bodley Head 1909 Contents: Dumoriez's Parentage and Early Career; Dumoriez Commandant of Cherbourg; Dumoriez Plan for the Vapture of the Isle of Wight. Don's Scheme for the Defence in 1798; Dumouriez and the French Revolution (1789-92); Valmy and Jemaffes; Dumoriez and the Jacobins ; Ten Years if Exile (1793-1803). Nelson and Dumoriez Call to England; Projects of British National Defence; Dumories's General reflections on the Defence of England; The Defence of the East Coastfrom the Scottish Border to the Thames and Kent; The Defence of the South and South-West Coast of England from Sussex to the Severn Sea; The Defence of Wales, the West Coast of England and Scotland; Dumoriez Notes on the Invasion Crisis of 1805; Projects and Warnings; Wellington, Vansittart and Dumouriez; Before and After Waterloo; Dumouriez in Engand - Life at Gunnersbury Lodge, Acton, Rochester House, Little Ealing and Turville Parl, Henley-on-Thames; Dumouriez and his Critics - an Appreciation; Appendices. Hardbacks, 525 pages, 15 cm by 22.5 cm Good Condition Minor marks and wear to the cover. Bookplate attached to the inside of the front cover. Name written on the endpaper. Binding intact. The back endpaper has been replaced.Some foxing with front and back pages the worst affected and more occasional marks on the inner pages. If you like this item you might be interested in our other books: IanTheHippo: Books and Comics

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