"The most glorious war recorded in the British annals": Portugal in British Figurations of the Peninsular War.

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    • Abstract:
      The article offers information on glorious war being recorded in the British annals which include Portugal in British Figurations of the Peninsular War. Topics include highlights British attitudes toward Spain and Portugal at the beginning of the war, and Portugal's failure to kindle British imagination Spain as symptomatic of Britain's perception of the country; and argues sidelining of Portugal being symptomatic of the country that conflict as the British people embraced the cause of Spain.