Prof Charles Esdaile BA, Phd, FRHistS

A historian working at the interface of military, political and social history, I am a specialist on Spain in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era, and, more specifically the Peninsular War of 1808-14. However, my work has also ranged over the history of Spain in the whole period from 1788 to 1939, as well as the general history of Napoleon and his empire.

• Membership of British delegation (Peninsular War 200, 2011)
• Member of official British delegation (HM Embassy 200/Ayuntamiento de Talavera, 2009)
• Vice-President, Peninsular War 200 (Ministry of Defence, 2009)
• Study tour of Poland (Government of the Republic of Poland, 2007)
• membership of comite Cientifico del Bicentenartio de los Sitios de Zaragoza (Fundacion 2008 Zaragoza, 2007)
• Membership of steering committee established to organise international congress, Tudela 2007 (Universities of Pamplona and Zaragoza, 2006)
• Member of the British delegation to the official commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar (British Embassy, Madrid., 2005)

• Legion of Merit (International Napoleonic Society, 2004)
• Annual Literary Award (International Napoleonic Society, 1996)