Gavin Daly is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Tasmania, Australia.

"Between 1808 and 1814 many British soldiers found a substitute for the traditional 'grand tour' in the 'tour de force' represented by the Peninsular War. In this book, meanwhile, we have a 'tour de force' of another kind: as comprehensive as it is elegant, it should catapult its author to the very forefront of the historiography." - Professor Charles J. Esdaile, University of Liverpool, UK

• Introduction 1. To the Peninsula 2. First Contact: Lisbon 3. Landscape and Climate 4. Billets and Hospitality 5. Searching for Civilization 6. The Religious World 7. 'Dark-Eyed Beauties' Conclusion: Crossing to Civilization

Gavin Daly is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Tasmania, Australia.

"Between 1808 and 1814 many British soldiers found a substitute for the traditional 'grand tour' in the 'tour de force' represented by the Peninsular War. In this book, meanwhile, we have a 'tour de force' of another kind: as comprehensive as it is elegant, it should catapult its author to the very forefront of the historiography." - Professor Charles J. Esdaile, University of Liverpool, UK

• Introduction 1. To the Peninsula 2. First Contact: Lisbon 3. Landscape and Climate 4. Billets and Hospitality 5. Searching for Civilization 6. The Religious World 7. 'Dark-Eyed Beauties' Conclusion: Crossing to Civilization

Gavin Daly is Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Tasmania, Australia.

"Between 1808 and 1814 many British soldiers found a substitute for the traditional 'grand tour' in the 'tour de force' represented by the Peninsular War. In this book, meanwhile, we have a 'tour de force' of another kind: as comprehensive as it is elegant, it should catapult its author to the very forefront of the historiography." - Professor Charles J. Esdaile, University of Liverpool, UK

• Introduction 1. To the Peninsula 2. First Contact: Lisbon 3. Landscape and Climate 4. Billets and Hospitality 5. Searching for Civilization 6. The Religious World 7. 'Dark-Eyed Beauties' Conclusion: Crossing to Civilization