

Dead Men Telling Tales
Napoleonic War Veterans and the Military Memoir Industry, 1808-1914
Author: Matilda Greig
Narrator: Pearl Hewitt
Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 11/30/2021
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Wars, Modern History
Synopsis
By including literature from Spain and Portugal, Greig also provides a missing link in current studies of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, showing how the genre of military memoirs developed differently in south-western Europe and led to starkly opposing national narratives of the same war. Her findings tell the history of a publishing phenomenon which gripped readers of all ages across the world in the nineteenth century, made significant profits for those involved, and was fundamental in defining the modern "soldier's tale."