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Napoleon's Mercenaries: Foreign Units in the French Army Under the Consulate and Empire, 1799 to 1814 (Napoleonic Library)
by Guy Dempsey
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1848328311
- ISBN 13
- 9781848328310
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Frontline Books, 2016. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in like DJ. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes appendices [3], bibliography, index, tables, and photo plates. 351 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. This superb and comprehensive book details the foreign units which formed such an important part of Napoleon's forces. It examines each non-French unit in turn, giving an overview of the unit's origins, its organizational and combat history, its uniforms and standards, and details of the unit's eventual fate. Colorful accounts, taken from contemporary reports and memoirs, emphasize the qualities of the unit and throw light on what life was like for many of the foreign soldiers recruited into the Grande Armée. In total more than 100 different foreign units that served in the French Army are investigated in detail in this ambitious publication. Some foreign units fought and flourished throughout the Consulate and Empire, whilst others lasted for just a few months. Covers Polish, German, Swiss, Italian, Spanish, and other units in the French Army and presents a combat history and details uniforms for each regiment. Napoleon's Mercenaries is the best single-volume study of this aspect of Napoleon's army and a vital reference for every Napoleonic enthusiast. "Little can be found on the foreign units that were an integral part of the French army ... For a long time a gap has existed, but now Napoleon's Mercenaries fills this gap." Robert Burnham, Napoleonic Series.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. This superb and comprehensive book details the foreign units which formed such an important part of Napoleon's forces. It examines each non-French unit in turn, giving an overview of the unit's origins, its organizational and combat history, its uniforms and standards, and details of the unit's eventual fate. Colorful accounts, taken from contemporary reports and memoirs, emphasize the qualities of the unit and throw light on what life was like for many of the foreign soldiers recruited into the Grande Armée. In total more than 100 different foreign units that served in the French Army are investigated in detail in this ambitious publication. Some foreign units fought and flourished throughout the Consulate and Empire, whilst others lasted for just a few months. Covers Polish, German, Swiss, Italian, Spanish, and other units in the French Army and presents a combat history and details uniforms for each regiment. Napoleon's Mercenaries is the best single-volume study of this aspect of Napoleon's army and a vital reference for every Napoleonic enthusiast. "Little can be found on the foreign units that were an integral part of the French army ... For a long time a gap has existed, but now Napoleon's Mercenaries fills this gap." Robert Burnham, Napoleonic Series.
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- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
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- Title
- Napoleon's Mercenaries: Foreign Units in the French Army Under the Consulate and Empire, 1799 to 1814 (Napoleonic Library)
- Author
- Guy Dempsey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1848328311
- ISBN 13
- 9781848328310
- Publisher
- Frontline Books
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- Napoleonic Library, Napoleon, French army, Consulate, French history, European history, Military history, Foreign units,
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