Project Gutenberg 2019-09-30 Public domain in the USA. 234 Southey, Robert 1774 1843 History of the Peninsular War, Volume 1 (of 6) Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "History of the Peninsular War, Volume 1 (of 6)" by Robert Southey is a historical account written in the early 19th century. In this work, Southey provides a detailed examination of the Peninsular War, a significant conflict that took place between Spain, Portugal, and France during the Napoleonic Wars. The book aims to explore not only the military events of this war but also its broader political and social implications for Europe, particularly focusing on the virtues and struggles of the involved nations. The opening of the book sets the stage by highlighting the state of Spain and Portugal leading into the war, as well as the negative impacts of French expansionism under Napoleon. Southey comments on the previous glory of these nations and their subsequent decline due to internal misrule and external pressures, particularly from France. He also touches on the moral and societal conditions present in both countries at the time, leading to an understanding of the patriotism and resilience that would define their resistance in the Peninsular War. This section lays a broad historical foundation, capturing the complexities and challenges that characterized the pre-war period and the eventual confrontation with French forces. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 47.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Peninsular War, 1807-1814 DC Text Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 991192 2025-06-24T06:26:10.459253 text/html 964390 2024-10-17T14:01:23 text/html 432442 2025-06-24T06:26:22.894173 application/epub+zip 448123 2025-06-24T06:26:12.777180 application/epub+zip 442203 2025-06-24T06:26:11.580215 application/epub+zip 671316 2025-06-24T06:26:30.484106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 609406 2025-06-24T06:26:21.773134 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 604103 2022-09-27T09:22:30.228112 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 864923 2025-06-24T06:26:09.166204 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 845016 2024-10-17T14:01:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16476 2025-06-24T06:26:30.644083 application/rdf+xml 10175 2025-06-24T06:26:11.727209 image/jpeg 1623 2025-06-24T06:26:11.652193 image/jpeg 395685 2025-06-24T06:26:10.545232 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia