THE NAPOLEONIC ARCHIVE 25: THE LETTERS OF FIRST LIEUTENANT JOHN SPERLING ROYAL ENGINEERS
Code: NA25
Price: £26.50
Catalogue(s): Core
Category(s): Featured, New Books, Our Publications, Napoleonic,
194pp., 13 plates. 2026 reissue. Memoirs of engineers during the Napoleonic wars are extremely rare, but their significant contribution to Wellington’s campaigns make them extremely valuable. Lt.John Sperling’s letters to his father give a very good account of the 1813-14 campaign in Holland. They are also a treasure trove of information on the services of the engineers in the Waterloo Campaign.