Gibraltar Gibraltar

Gibraltar

The Greatest Siege in British History

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Publisher Description

A rip-roaring account of the dramatic four-year siege of Britain’s Mediterranean garrison by Spain and France—an overlooked key to the British loss in the American Revolution

For more than three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land and at sea, by the overwhelming forces of Spain and France. It became the longest siege in British history, and the obsession with saving Gibraltar was blamed for the loss of the American colonies in the War of Independence.

Located between the Mediterranean and Atlantic, on the very edge of Europe, Gibraltar was a place of varied nationalities, languages, religions, and social classes. During the siege, thousands of soldiers, civilians, and their families withstood terrifying bombardments, starvation, and disease. Very ordinary people lived through extraordinary events, from shipwrecks and naval battles to an attempted invasion of England and a daring sortie out of Gibraltar into Spain. Deadly innovations included red-hot shot, shrapnel shells, and a barrage from immense floating batteries.

This is military and social history at its best, a story of soldiers, sailors, and civilians, with royalty and rank and file, workmen and engineers, priests, prisoners of war, spies, and surgeons, all caught up in a struggle for a fortress located on little more than two square miles of awe-inspiring rock. Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History is an epic page-turner, rich in dramatic human detaila tale of courage, endurance, intrigue, desperation, greed, and humanity. The everyday experiences of all those involved are brought vividly to life with eyewitness accounts and expert research.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2018
March 13
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
480
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
49.3
MB

Customer Reviews

Fishing Preacher ,

Gibraltar

This is an exceptionally well written book covering both the military and civilian point of view during the campaign by Spain and France to take Gibraltar. The authors also cover the effects of the American Revolution on the Gibraltar campaign. A “must read”.

Gary43 ,

Absolutely ponderous

Most of the text is a compilation of entries from various diaries. Very ponderous reading. The book should be titled, “Diary of Mrs. Green.” Every time I saw her name I skipped ahead a page. Mercifully she leaves for London halfway through the book. This is a terrible book.

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