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I thought Robert was your friend." So says Principal Sister Mary Catherine to Michael Novacek. Michael has just failed to intervene in a fight that has left Robert Petrich battered by one of the school bullies. Ashamed of his conduct, Michael embarks on an exploration of what it means to be a (young) man. It's 1968, the year of Vietnam, assassinations, and political turmoil in America. While coping with the vicissitudes of adolescence - a weig...

William Grattan was a young Irish Lieutenant who served in the famous Connaught Rangers [the 88th regiment] in some of the hottest engagements of the Peninsular War. Adventures with the Connaught Rangers 18091814 is a memoir of his service with the 1st Battalion of the 88th regiment. Vividly written and accompanied by maps, this is one of the most famous fighting memoirs of the Peninsula War.

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Excerpt from Adventures of the Connaught Rangers, Vol. 1 of 2: From 1808 to 1814While engaged during the last ten years in the task of mastering the original authorities of the history of the Napoleonic wars, I have had to peruse many scores of diaries, autobiographies, and' reminiscences of the British military and naval officers who were engaged in the great struggle. They vary, of course, in interest and importance, in literary value, and i...

Excerpt from Adventures of the Connaught Rangers, From 1808 to 1814, Vol. 2 of 2The sacking of Badajoz - Neglect of the wounded - Spaniards and their plua dereta - Disgraceful occurrences - Calamities of War - Fine sayings of the Duke of wellington-extent of plunder Martin of Galway, and his servant - Paddy Aisy's Opinion of the Duke - The French consider the capture of.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare...

Excerpt from Adventures of the Connaught Rangers, From 1808 to 1814, Vol. 2 of 2The sacking of Badajoz - Neglect of the wounded - Spaniards and their plua dereta - Disgraceful occurrences - Calamities of War - Fine sayings of the Duke of wellington-extent of plunder Martin of Galway, and his servant - Paddy Aisy's Opinion of the Duke - The French consider the capture of.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare...

William Grattan was a young Irish Lieutenant who served in the famous Connaught Rangers [the 88th regiment] in some of the hottest engagements of the Peninsular War. His first battle was the bloody encounter at Busaco, when the Duke of Wellington himself commended the Connaughts' clearing of the heights as the most gallant charge he had ever witnessed. Grattan's second battle was the engagement at Fuentes d'Onoro. In the fierce fighting of the...