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The wars of succession of Portugal and Spain, from 1826 to 1840: with résumé of the political history of Portugal and Spain to the present time (Volum

The wars of succession of Portugal and Spain, from 1826 to 1840: with résumé of the political history of Portugal and Spain to the present time (Volum

Bollaert, William

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Fiction AnthologiesGeneral Military HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353800919
ISBN13: 9789353800918
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jul 1 2019
Pages: 506
Weight: 1.40
Height: 1.13 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Between Lisbon and Madrid, thrones toppled and constitutions were tested. Europe held its breath then. It is a story of claims, oaths, and cannon fire. William Bollaert follows the dynastic succession disputes that ignited the Portugal Liberal Wars and the First Carlist War, setting 19th century Iberia in tension between absolutism and reform. Part political history narrative, part military history chronicle, this nineteenth century history book traces the contests of legitimacy from Portugal and Spain 1826-1840, while offering a lucid resume of political change up to the author's own day, in the Restoration era Europe of shifting alliances, exiles, and uneasy constitutional monarchy conflicts. The narrative keeps pace with cabinet intrigue as readily as it follows marches, sieges, and the logistics of war. Bollaert writes with the curiosity of an observant traveller and the discipline of a careful compiler, making the volume equally useful as a scholarly reference edition and compelling as lived history: ministers and generals, courts and camps, proclamations and campaigns, all weighed for what they meant to ordinary governance. Long consulted by readers of Iberian studies, this classic history reprint captures a decisive moment when statehood in the peninsula was argued not only in parliaments but on battlefields. Read for context; return for detail. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure for casual readers drawn to drama and for classic-history collectors building a serious library.

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