Hello Mr. Cornwell,

I’ve come across a “The Peninsular War”, by Charles Esdaile, and one thing I’ve read that quite surprised me was [quote] “[…] the idea of 1789 as a burgeois revolution has been comprehensively demolished […]”. If it was not a burgeois revolution, which class fueled it? Always thought of it as a popular uprising lead by burgeois, so this is kind of strange to read. Second thing: as a portuguese this is particular interesting to me, what is your opinion regarding Gen. William Beresford, i recon he wasn’t exactlly brilliant as a general and some among the portuguese population at the time weren’t very found of him, but i would like to hear a true, unbiased opinion from you.

Thank you very much for your time, keep up the good work.
João Aguiar