In Two Volumes, Post Octavo, with Plans, price 21s.,
AN ACCOUNT
OF
THE WAR IN PORTUGAL
BETWEEN DON PEDRO AND DON MIGUEL.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
“The personal character of the Author is not only impressed upon almost every page, but the book contains a narrative of one, and to all appearance the most important of the leaves out of a hero’s life, written by himself. It is Cæsar’s Commentaries in the first person, wanting the classical eloquence of the Roman, but equally devoid of his concealed vanity, and his suspected partiality. Grander battles have been fought, more gallant never. It is rare to have a description of such a fight from its hero, even in a gazette; but it is still rarer to have an account of his feelings.”—Spectator.
“The gallant Commodore’s description of the battle off Cape St. Vincent is one of the most stirring nautical sketches that has fallen under our observation.”—United Service Gazette.