Paul Thompson is a military historian who specializes in the Napoleonic Wars. He has penned numerous published articles on topics ranging from analyses of the Salamanca and Walcheren campaigns to cricket and bullfighting in the Peninsular War. He is the author of The British Cheer: Psychological Warfare in the Napoleonic Era (2023) and Glory and Endurance. Nicholas Trant and the Portuguese Army in the Peninsular War, 1808–1814. (forthcoming in 2027).

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