Wellington's Welsh General: A Life of Sir Thomas PictonAurum Press, 1996 - Всего страниц: 279 A life of Welsh general Sir Thomas Picton, who served under Wellington and played a major part in the Peninsular campaign. Draws upon quotations from other veterans of the campaign and Picton's own letters in the National Library of Wales to chart a career marked by scandal and public controversy. |
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... months time , all the more credible when the courier got caught . España , tiring of promises and prevarication , left the planta- tion where Picton kept him and , intent on starting an uprising with slaves from his own estate ...
... months time , all the more credible when the courier got caught . España , tiring of promises and prevarication , left the planta- tion where Picton kept him and , intent on starting an uprising with slaves from his own estate ...
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... months afterwards . ' ' Was the second entry in folio 89 made after the month of December 1789 , or before that period ? ' ' It was made after December 1789. ' ' It appears by the registry , that Luisa Calderón was baptised in September ...
... months afterwards . ' ' Was the second entry in folio 89 made after the month of December 1789 , or before that period ? ' ' It was made after December 1789. ' ' It appears by the registry , that Luisa Calderón was baptised in September ...
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... months . No sooner had Draper's pamphlet appeared than an application was made to its publisher , Mr Budd , to stop sales . Draper promptly relieved Budd of several hundred copies , which he continued to distrib- ute for more than a ...
... months . No sooner had Draper's pamphlet appeared than an application was made to its publisher , Mr Budd , to stop sales . Draper promptly relieved Budd of several hundred copies , which he continued to distrib- ute for more than a ...
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