Redcoat - Richard Holmes

Redcoat: The British Soldiers in the Age of Horse and Musket

Publisher synopsis

Redcoat is a brilliant story of the common British soldier from 1700 to 1900, based on the letters and diaries of the men who served and the women who followed them. Delving into the history of the period – charting events including Wolfe’s victory and death at Quebec, Wellington’s Peninsular War and Waterloo – Holmes provides a comprehensive portrait of the fallible but extraordinarily successful fighting force.

• Author: Richard Holmes
• Paperback, 466 pages
• ISBN: 9780006531524