Campaigns that swept France's Imperial armies back across the
Pyrenees. 'The Lines of Torres Vedras' is an authoritative
account of the planning, construction and occupation of the Lines
and of the battles, sieges and horrors of the French invasion. It
is also an important study of Wellington's strategy during the
crucial years of the war against Napoleon. AUTHOR: John Grehan
has written, edited or contributed to more than 300 military
history books, journals and magazines, covering a wide span of
military history from the Iron Age to the recent war in
Afghanistan. Between 2007 and 2014, John was the Assistant Editor
of Britain at War Magazine, but now devotes his time to books.