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In 1815, the Napoleonic Wars came to an end and the victorious powers attempted to bring a lasting peace to Europe in the Congress of Vienna. However, it soon became clear that after the upheaval of the French Revolution and Bonaparte's empire, a return to the "Ancien Regime" was impossible.
In 1820, liberal revolutions broke out in Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and the Greeks rose against their Turkish overlords the following year. In Italy, Austrian bayonets saved the local autocrats, but in Greece the uprising continued until independence was achieved. In Iberia, the events of 1820 led to the War of the Two Brothers in Portugal and the First Carlist War in Spain, which ended in the victory of the liberals. British volunteers fought in the conflicts in Greece, Portugal, and Spain.
This book tells their story and puts it in the general context of the European political situation and more specifically, British foreign policy. These wars were part of the gigantic duel between Britain and Austria. The British mercenaries often unwittingly acted as the covert arm of their government.
Contents
Part 1 Chapter 1: Preface
Part 2 Chapter 2: Summary
Part 3 Part 1: Portugal
Part 4 Chapter 3: The Troubled Reign of Joao V117
Part 5 Chapter 4: The Usurpation
Part 6 Chapter 5: The Resistance
Part 7 Chapter 6: The War of the Two Brothers
Part 8 Chapter 7: Dom Pedro's Britons: The Soldiers
Part 9 Chapter 8: Dom Pedro's Britons: The Sailors
Part 10 Chapter 9: The Royal Navy and the Siege of Oporto
Part 11 Part 2: Spain
Part 12 Chapter 10: Ferdinand VII and His Brother Don Carlos
Part 13 Chapter 11: The First Carlist War
Part 14 Chapter 12: The British Auxiliary Legion
Part 15 Chapter 13: The Main British Legionnaires
Part 16 Chapter 14: The French Auxiliary Legion
Part 17 Chapter 15: The Portugese Auxiliary Legion
Part 18 Chapter 16: The Other Foriegn Legions in the Iberian Civil Wars
Part 19 Chapter 17: The British Military Commissioners
Part 20 Part 3: British Diplomacy in the Iberian Civil Wars
Part 21 Chapter 18: London
Part 22 Chapter 19: Lisbon
Part 23 Chapter 20: Madrid
Part 24 Part 4: Greece
Part 25 Chapter 21: The Greek War of Independence
Part 26 Chapter 22: The First Philhelennes: 1821-1822
Part 27 Chapter 23: Byron and Stanhope: 1823-1824
Part 28 Chapter 24: Loans and Invasion: 1824-1825
Part 29 Chapter 25: Cochrane and Church: 1826-1829
Part 30 Chapter 26: British Diplomacy in the Greek War of Independence
Part 31 Chapter 27: Greece Under King Otho
Part 32 Conclusions
Part 33 Appendices; Notes; Bibliography.



