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Title: Napoleon's Elite Cavalry: Cavalry of the Imperial Guard, 1804-1815 by Lucien Rousselot, Edward Ryan ISBN: 1-85367-371-4 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $100.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Magnificent
Comment: Not much more to say the paintings are gorgeous the large scale and quality of the paper a fitting surrounding and the text is actually interesting ( which is saying something for a uniform book ). All power to the publishers and a superb adornment to a Napoleoninc library
Rating: 5
Summary: the Imperial Guard cavalry in all their splendor.
Comment: This book is, perhaps, one of the most beautiful been published this past year, and is certainly one not to be missed.
A large format of 208 pages, containing 91 plates in full colour showing the cavalry of the Imperial Guard 1804-1815, as painted by Lucien Rousselot. This is the first time that these paintings have been collated in one volume. Each plate is accompanied by an expletive text, thus adding to the importance of this publication. In a series of wonderful full color plates, this superb book conveys the glory of soldiers of a military era surpassing the splendor of any other. This beautiful book brings together for the very first time the color plates by this celebrated artist illustrating the regiments of the Imperial Guard cavalry in all their splendor.
A magnificent book that will simply take your breath away.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Immortals
Comment: The color plates of Lucien Rousselot in this volume jump out at you with color, panache, accuracy, and authority. Coupled with Edward Ryan's authoritative text, this book is a must for the Napoleonic authority, enthusiast, model painter, and wargamer.
Ninety-One plates grace the pages of this volume, originally painted for Anne Brown in the 1950s and since have been housed in the collection at Brown University that bears her name. Four Guard cavalry regiments are represented here: chasseurs a Cheval, Grenadiers a Cheval, 1st Polish Light Horse Lancers, and the Guard Dragoons, commonly called the Empress' Dragoons, as Josephine was their patroness. They are depicted in full dress, evening dress, walking out dress, gala ball dress, campaign dress, tenue de route, and in a myriad of situations from mucking out stables, to schooling their horses and roasting lean meat over open fires in the field to the rigors of campaign and the exhilaration and sudden death of combat.
The author knew Lucien Rousselot, and it shows in his careful, informative text. The prints are in larger than usual format to convey both their accuracy and magnificence. I was privileged to see the production prints, and the book does this art justice on a large scale. This is undoubtedly one of the best uniform books ever produced. If you don't own it, you are missing out on a visual treat that is clearly unsurpassed.
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Title: Napoleonic Uniforms by John Elting ISBN: 1883476208 Publisher: Combined Publishing Pub. Date: 20 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $250.00 |
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Title: Charge: Great Cavalry Charges of the Napoleonic Wars by Digby Smith ISBN: 1853675415 Publisher: Greenhill Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Splendeur Des Uniformes De Napoleon: LA Guard Imperial a Cheval by Charmy ISBN: 2914417101 Publisher: Editions Charles Herissey Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: Splendeur Des Uniformes De Napoleon: Cavalerie by Charmy ISBN: 2914417071 Publisher: Editions C. Herissey Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: Austerlitz: The Empire at Its Zenith by F. G. Hourtoulle, Francois Guy Hourtoulle ISBN: 2913903711 Publisher: Histoire & Collections Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
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