"Book Recommendations" Topic
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| The Pied Piper | 07 Feb 2012 10:54 a.m. PST |
Books on the 7YW in Europe seem to be a rarity. I tried reading the recent one by Franz A.J. Szabo, but found it a tiresome read (too anti-Frederick for me). Just purchased "Frederick the Great & the Seven Years' War". Not interested in any pap from Osprey. Any others? |
| Byron1 | 07 Feb 2012 10:56 a.m. PST |
Anything by Christopher Duffy. |
John Leahy  | 07 Feb 2012 11:23 a.m. PST |
Dennis Showalter's book On the Wars of Frederick is quite good. Thanks, John |
| NoLongerAMember | 07 Feb 2012 1:02 p.m. PST |
Actually, the Ospreys are some of the better references for this period. Outside of specialised stuff its a dry period for writing. |
| Sparker | 07 Feb 2012 2:27 p.m. PST |
Second the recommend for Christopher Duffy; also General Sir David Fraser's 'Frederick the Great' – he is much more realistic about how the Prussian army really worked than most academics… |
 ColCampbell  | 07 Feb 2012 2:31 p.m. PST |
There is also Savory's His Britannic Majesty's Army in Germany about the Anglo-German army against the French. Jim |
| The Pied Piper | 07 Feb 2012 2:39 p.m. PST |
Thanks all, sounds good to me :-) |
| The Pied Piper | 07 Feb 2012 3:44 p.m. PST |
This is funny – spot the generous discount! link 70 pence off :-) |
| Gozzaoz | 08 Feb 2012 4:05 a.m. PST |
One of the best things about Ospreys are the references. |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
