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The Romance of War; or, The Highlanders in Spain, Volume 2 (of 3)

by James Grant

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"...by far the most important nineteenth-century novel of the Peninsular War is James Grant's The Romance of War, or, The Highlanders in Spain, published in 1845 (London, George Routledge). James Grant (1822-1877), "the novelist of war", was the son of a captain in the 92nd Gordon Highlanders who had served with distinction in the Peninsular campaigns and whose recollections formed the basis of The Romance of War. James Grant entered the Army as an ensign but resigned his commission at the age of twenty one to devote himself to writing historical novels. His novels, all meticulously researched...

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