Adventures in the Rifle Brigade: In the Peninsula, France and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815 by Kincaid, Captain Sir J[ohn] - 1830

London: T. And W. Boone, 1830. Octavo. xvi, 351pp., (1)pp. errata. One of the most careful details of the Peninsular War, His description takes the reader in and out of billets, bivouacs, barns, and battle, as historians have noted he missed nothing. He deals with the skirmishing line of the 95th and it is a wonder he survived. John Moore who died just before Kincaid joined the 95th, would have been proud of him. While each chapter has specialized headings, this is a book that the devotee of the study of war should read through. While not Homeric, it does ring true of what wars are like both in terms of its horror, mishaps and humor. How he distributed the funds to one lost in battle and the money could not be retrieved is not dissimilar from what U.S. Grant once faced. An important book and a great read. Bound in 3/4 tan polished calf over marbled paper covered boards, very nicely rebacked retaining the original endpapers, spine lettered and ruled in gilt. A very nice copy from the library of Cecil George Assheton Drummond (1839-1903) of London and formerly Capt. Rifle Brigade and since of Leic Militia JP & DL and High Sheriff of co Leic 1885, with his armorial bookplate.