| Hazkal | 21 Nov 2009 5:10 a.m. PST |
I would like to ask my parents for a book on Napoleonic Uniforms for Christmas, and was wondering what people suggest in the ~£10 to ~£15 range? |
| NoLongerAMember | 21 Nov 2009 5:23 a.m. PST |
What kind of book, general, specific, any particular armies or theatre? |
| Constantine | 21 Nov 2009 5:23 a.m. PST |
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| Hazkal | 21 Nov 2009 5:44 a.m. PST |
I'd quite like something as general as possible, although something with more of a focus on the French and British (I'm painting Victrix) would still be okay. As it's for painting I'd prefer a broad overview of many nations and units than something that spends too long focussing on specifics of lace, buttons etc that I wouldn't be able to capture exactly anyway. |
| NoLongerAMember | 21 Nov 2009 6:01 a.m. PST |
Haythornthwaite, P
Uniforms of the Peninsular War 1807-14 Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1854092715 Windrow, M & Embleton, G
1997
Military Dress of the Peninsular War 1808-14 Crowood Press
1859150446 I would recommend these two under the criteria you have outlined. However they might need to look on Ebay or abebooks for them, or see if the likes of Caliver etc have them. |
| Peter Constantine | 21 Nov 2009 6:44 a.m. PST |
If the festive budget can be stretched a bit, C E Franklin's guide to British Napoleonic Uniforms is a great book and Amazon have got it knocked down to £24.50 GBP from forty quid. |
| Widowson | 21 Nov 2009 9:59 a.m. PST |
What makes everyone assume this guy is interested in the British? |
| Jaycor | 21 Nov 2009 11:14 a.m. PST |
Hi
I would second FreddBlogs suggestions above but you may have trouble finding them. I started off with Ospreys Men-at-Arms series and although they have their critics I still believe they are a good place to start. Regards and happy painting Gav PS Widowson, because he says so. |
| SJDonovan | 21 Nov 2009 11:38 a.m. PST |
Digby Smith's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars is a general work with lots of illustrations and should fit the bill. It's available for under £15.00 GBP from Amazon: link |
| NoLongerAMember | 22 Nov 2009 5:15 a.m. PST |
Widowson, he is painting Victrix French and British. |
| Schogun | 22 Nov 2009 6:23 p.m. PST |
I ordered Digby Smith's book to add to my collection but returned it because although it had many color illustrations of uniforms, it tended to show very obscure uniforms rather than a more mainstream ones. |
| Bombardier | 23 Nov 2009 4:28 a.m. PST |
Hazkal, I've got a copy of the Haythornthwaite / Chappell "Uniforms of the Peninsular Wars 1807 – 1814". It's yours for the price of the postage if you want it. If so you can contact me through my blog. garagegamer.blogspot.com Bdr. |
| Hazkal | 23 Nov 2009 7:43 a.m. PST |
Hi Bdr. Thanks very much! I'm trying to find a way to send you a PM via Blogger, Will |
| Bombardier | 23 Nov 2009 8:21 a.m. PST |
Will: I'm not sure how that works, if you wish you can leave a comment on the blog with your email address and I'll contact you. Bdr. |
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