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Michael Glover (historian)

Michael Glover (1922–1990) served in the British army during the Second World War, after which he joined the British Council and became a professional author. He has written many articles and books on Napoleonic and Victorian warfare.[1]

Published works

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Glover has written the following published works:[2]

  • Britannia Sickens: Sir Arthur Wellesley and the Convention of Cintra, London: Leo Cooper, 1970.
  • Legacy of Glory. The Bonaparte Kingdom of Spain, 1808-1813, London: Leo Cooper, 1972.
  • Wellington as Military Commander, London: Sphere Books, 1973.
  • The Peninsular War, 1807-1814: A Concise Military History, London: David & Charles; Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1974.
  • Rorke's Drift: A Victorian Epic, London: Cooper, 1975.
  • General Burgoyne in Canada and America: Scapegoat for a System, London: Gordon & Cremonesi; [New York: Atheneum Publishers], 1976.
  • A Very Slippery Fellow: The Life of Sir Robert Wilson 1777-1849, Oxford: OUP, 1978.
  • The Napoleonic Wars: An Illustrated History, 1792-1815, London: Batsford, 1979.
  • Warfare in the Age of Bonaparte, London: Cassell, c. 1980.
  • The Fight for the Channel Ports: Calais to Brest 1940: A Study in Confusion, London: Leo Cooper, 1985.

Glover contributed additional text to the following published work:

  • Pericoli, Ugo, 1815 - The Armies at Waterloo, additional text by Michael Glover; translations from the Italian by A. S. W. Winkworth; introduction by Elizabeth Longford, London: Seeley, 1973.

References

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  1. ^ Classic Military History Wellington As Military Commander: Amazon.ca: Michael Glover: Books. ASIN 0141390514.
  2. ^ "l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa". orbis.uottawa.ca. Retrieved 15 November 2009.