Colonel Nick Lipscombe was born in 1958 in Angers, France. He has a degree in business studies and an MSc in defence studies. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1980. During his thirty years in the British Army he has seen considerable operational service with the British and American armies, as well as with NATO and the UN. He was awarded the US Bronze Star in 2006.
A keen interest in military history followed his academic studies at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst concentrating on the Napoleonic era and the Peninsular War in particular. He is Chairman of Peninsular War 200, the UK official organization for the commemoration of the bicentenary of the Peninsular War. He speaks German and Spanish, currently works in Portugal and lives in Spain with his wife Janny and their three daughters. The author lives in Spain.
..".deserves an outstanding place among the many books published
about the conflict, both in Britain and the Peninsula." --Alicia
Laspara, Publishers Weekly..".a must for anyone interested in
Napoleonic history...an essential guide to the conflict." --."This
handsome collection of 160 new maps details the bloody fighting in
Iberia between France, Spanish guerillas, and Britain from 1807 to
1814--the first conflict in which the British put cartographers
into the field." --MHQ (Spring 2011)"This beautiful atlas is a
chronicle of the events in [the Peninsular War] from 1807 to 1814
with a detailed map of each campaign." --Tour of Duty Atlantic
(March 2011)"Lipscombe ... has produced a volume that succinctly
narrates the operations that swept the length and breadth of Iberia
for over seven years." --Choice Magazine (September 2011)"A
prodigious achievement." --Richard Holmes..".this is an important
and essential book for anyone interested in Napoleonic history."
--Toy Soldier & Modeler Figure (April 2011)
...deserves an outstanding place among the many books published
about the conflict, both in Britain and the Peninsula. "Alicia
Laspara, Publishers Weekly" ...a must for anyone interested in
Napoleonic history...an essential guide to the conflict. ."" This
handsome collection of 160 new maps details the bloody fighting in
Iberia between France, Spanish guerillas, and Britain from 1807 to
1814--the first conflict in which the British put cartographers
into the field. "MHQ (Spring 2011)" This beautiful atlas is a
chronicle of the events in [the Peninsular War] from 1807 to 1814
with a detailed map of each campaign. "Tour of Duty Atlantic (March
2011)" Lipscombe ... has produced a volume that succinctly narrates
the operations that swept the length and breadth of Iberia for over
seven years. "Choice Magazine (September 2011)" A prodigious
achievement. "Richard Holmes" ...this is an important and essential
book for anyone interested in Napoleonic history. "Toy Soldier &
Modeler Figure (April 2011)""
"A prodigious achievement." - Richard Holmes
..".this is an important and essential book for anyone interested
in Napoleonic history." -"Toy Soldier & Modeler Figure "(April
2011)
..".deserves an outstanding place among the many books published
about the conflict, both in Britain and thePeninsula." - Alicia
Laspara," Publishers Weekly
.".".a must for anyone interested in Napoleonic history ... an
essential guide to the conflict."
"This beautiful atlas is a chronicle of the eventsin [the
Peninsular War] from 1807 to 1814 with a detailed map of each
campaign." - "Tour of Duty Atlantic "(March 2011)
"This handsome collection of 160 new maps details the bloody
fighting in Iberia between France, Spanish guerillas, and Britain
from 1807 to 1814 --the first conflict in which the British put
cartographers into the field." -"MHQ "(Spring 2011)
"Lipscombe ...has produced a volume that succinctly narrates the
operations that swept the length and breadth of Iberia for over
seven years." -"Choice" Magazine (September 2011)"
"A prodigious achievement." - Richard Holmes
."..this is an important and essential book for anyone interested
in Napoleonic history." -"Toy Soldier & Modeler Figure "(April
2011)
."..deserves an outstanding place among the many books published
about the conflict, both in Britain and the Peninsula." - Alicia
Laspara", Publishers Weekly
"."..a must for anyone interested in Napoleonic history ... an
essential guide to the conflict."
"This beautiful atlas is a chronicle of the events in [the
Peninsular War] from 1807 to 1814 with a detailed map of each
campaign." - "Tour of Duty Atlantic "(March 2011)
"This handsome collection of 160 new maps details the bloody
fighting in Iberia between France, Spanish guerillas, and Britain
from 1807 to 1814 --the first conflict in which the British put
cartographers into the field." -"MHQ "(Spring 2011)
"Lipscombe ... has produced a volume that succinctly narrates the
operations that swept the length and breadth of Iberia for over
seven years." -"Choice" Magazine (September 2011)
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