The hundreds of Irish men who fought during the Napoleonic Wars have been reimagined in a new historical fiction novel which aims to shed a light on a piece of forgotten history.
An Irish Legion Colour bearer Image: Stephen McGarry An Irish Legion Colour bearer Image: Stephen McGarry THE HUNDREDS OF Irish men who fought during the Napoleonic Wars have been reimagined in a new historical fiction novel which aims to shed a light on a piece of forgotten history.
This Irish unit consisted of former Irish rebels and former Irish Brigade officers. It was originally raised by Napoleon to lead an anticipated invasion of Ireland, but that never came to fruition with most serving in Germany and in Spain. Rather than writing a straightforward history book, McGarry said he went down the route of historical fiction in an effort to make this piece of forgotten history more interesting for readers, putting them at the centre of events.
While history books proved invaluable to McGarry during his research, so too did memoirs written by soldiers during the Napoleonic Wars.
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