books.google.ca - At the end of the 18th century Spain remained one of the world's most powerful empires. Portugal, too, was prosperous at the time. By 1808, everything had changed. Portugal was under occupation and ravaged by famine, disease, economic problems and political instability. Spain had imploded and worse was...http://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Peninsular_War.html?id=3huwPLzjzYYC&q=wrote&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Peninsular War
