Gabriel Landowski  | 28 Nov 2011 5:50 a.m. PST |
Looking for a book which would appeal to a 14 year old.
Color plates, maps, explinations of the different forces and battles. Cheers |
| Keraunos | 28 Nov 2011 7:51 a.m. PST |
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cassell history of warfare – Napoleonics by gunther rothenburg
(I think called the smithsonian, on the US release) and its really cheap too, since its quite old now |
DaleWill  | 28 Nov 2011 9:26 a.m. PST |
Napoleon: The Last Campaigns, 1813-15 by James Lawford. You should be able to find a used copy on Amazon. When I found that book at the library in the late 70's, that started my love affair with this era. When I started my own collection, that was one of the first books I purchased. |
| Scale Creep Miniatures | 28 Nov 2011 11:43 a.m. PST |
Second the Rothenburg. Last Campaigns is a good read but a bit dated – little color and quite narrow in scope. |
| MajorB | 28 Nov 2011 12:07 p.m. PST |
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| MajorB | 28 Nov 2011 1:52 p.m. PST |
Sorry. I couldn't resist!! |
| Oliver Schmidt | 29 Nov 2011 2:00 a.m. PST |
Henry Lachouque: Waterloo. Plenty of plates with paintings of the battle. Nice and simple text. My first book on Waterloo (however, I was 16 then). |
| SJDonovan | 29 Nov 2011 4:00 a.m. PST |
'Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars' by Digby Smith cover what you are looking for. It gives a reasonable introduction and includes lots of colour plates. link
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| arthur1815 | 29 Nov 2011 1:55 p.m. PST |
For a fourteen year old, I'd suggest an Osprey 'Campaign' title on whatever Napoleonic campaign interested him. If that was a success, then follow up with other Osprey books on the appropriate armies/uniforms. I think you're asking for too much from one book! |
| Gazzola | 02 Dec 2011 5:19 a.m. PST |
Gabriel Landowski The titles already mentioned are good for that age range but you could also consider The Napoleonic Source Book by Philip Haythornthwaite. Unfortunatley, there are no colour plates but it is packed with masses of black and white images and contains a considerable amount of info on battles, campaigns and the various armies invloved. And it is not a heavy read. The only problem is that you might not be able to obtain a new copy unless you are willing to pay a high price. But the last time I looked, Caliver Books were offering a good second hand copy for around ten pounds, plus postage. And the titles are usually in good condition from Caliver. |
| Gabriel Landowski | 05 Dec 2011 4:58 p.m. PST |
I always ask for too much from one book (but I's keeps tryin'!) Many thanks for the feedback. |
