A Peer Among Princes: The Life of Thomas Graham, Victor of Barrosa, Hero of the Peninsular War, Hardcover - Philip Grant

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Beautifully illustrated catalogue brings Thomas Chippendale Junior out of the shadow of his father

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In the iconography of the Peninsular War of 1808-14, women are well represented - both as heroines, such as Agustina Zaragosa Domenech, and as vict...

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