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An Illustrated Encyclopedia: Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars: campaign maps; Provides an unrivalled source of visual information on the fighting men of the period (Illustrated Encyclopedia) | 
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| Author: Digby Smith
Publisher: Lorenz Books
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 71730
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 9.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0754815714
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9780754815716
ASIN: 0754815714
Publication Date: April 25, 2007
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Condition: Brand new item. Over 4 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Few left in stock - order soon. Code: N20081201114825N
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Product Description
This book brings a highly eventful period of European history to life, chrinicling the battles, campaigns and skirmishes of the conflict and the political triumphs and declines of the combatant forces.
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 Not quite an encyclopedia September 21, 2008
Pedro P. (Southern US)
Provides a very broad overview of campaigns and a decent amount of pictures, but no way is this an "encyclopedia" of "uniforms." That being said, it is a decent value. You could buy 5-6 other lesser cost books (such as Osprey) and end up with the same amount of media.
 Illustrated Encyclopedia: Uniforms of the Napoleonic War July 31, 2008
Robert Wintermeier (Croton-on-Hudson, NY United States)
Excellent Napolionic Reference Book at a reasonable price. Look for the American Revolution version to come out in August.
Good book, nice pictures June 13, 2008
Karel Fous Ing (Prague, Czech republic)
Very nice, comprehensive book full of interesting information from all important parts of Napoleonic era. Only one I am missing - charts of uniform colours in FS or RAL standards. This book enrich my knowledge a lot. If there should be issued second part of this book, I definitely buy it.
 Wasted effort December 3, 2007
Martin G. Young (N Ireland)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Having waited for ages for this book to be published I was mightily disappointed when it eventually arrived. I would accept that this subject is a huge area but this book doesn't even scratch the surface. Lets take for example the French infantry uniforms of the period - generally blue and given that the French are the main focus of the Napoleonic wars you might expect to see some pictures of infantry in Blue - not in this book. br /This could have been the one stop shop for uniform info, sadly there are better sources elsewhere just not inside one cover yet.
Nice and Big April 28, 2007
John B. Goode (Seattle, WA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Unlike what a poster said, none of the drawings from the book are rehashes from Osprey, they are all new. br / br /However, Digby Smith is none other than the real name of Otto von Pivka, the same guy who's written a ton of Ospreys. br / br /Having said that, I'm very disappointed in the book. Sorry Otto, but the writing is very poor, and the organization of the book is very poor. The text would be very confusing for a beginner. I would definitely not recommend this book for a beginner. br / br /The drawings are very nice though, but there are not enough of them. br / br /So who is this book for? No one. Like Odyseus said, no one should buy this book. The text is too confusing for the beginners and there are not enough of the nice pictures for anyone wanting any information on any particular country. br / br /If you have a medium sized reference library, you might get this just in case it has a picture of something you need. The pictures are nice and colorful, but that's it. I waited 2 years for this book and I'm disappointed!
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