"Rocroi 1643 The Victory of Youth, by Stéphane Thion" Topic
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| huevans011 | 20 Mar 2013 7:29 p.m. PST |
This is the new Histoire & Collections release. Has anyone read it or glanced through it? Is it worth getting? link |
| Broglie | 21 Mar 2013 3:31 a.m. PST |
Well for €15.00 EUR you can't go far wrong. I have visited Rocroi and it is a great little place. There is a Battle of Rocroi museum with mannequins and weapons and a 25mm set-up of the battle at its height. You can also walk the intact walls and fortifications which could do with a little TLC but still a great place. |
| Marcus Maximus | 21 Mar 2013 6:20 a.m. PST |
It depends if it's the same style and format as the Napoleonic ones – does anyone know what the contents look like? |
| huevans011 | 21 Mar 2013 1:46 p.m. PST |
MM, are the Napoleonic ones any good? |
| AussieAndy | 21 Mar 2013 7:49 p.m. PST |
I am guessing that it will be more like their books on Fontenoy and Aspern – Essling. That is, a smaller paperback format. |
| nsolomon99 | 21 Mar 2013 10:35 p.m. PST |
Interesting. I'm no expert on this period but I had read of Rocroi and thought it an interesting battle that the French had won. Is that not so? The text seems to imply Spanish sources consider it a Spanish victory? |
| vtsaogames | 22 Mar 2013 6:58 a.m. PST |
Perhaps the Spanish treat it as a magnificent, valiant defeat? The "Alatriste" film seems to do so. Certainly it was the swan song of the old tercios of the Army of Flanders. |
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