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Summary: Magnificent
Review: 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
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Summary: A must buy for anyone interested in Napoleonic Uniforms !
Review: Rousselot, together with Detaille and Messonier was one of the recognized authorities on french army uniforms. This book contains 91 superb plates from the Anne S.K. Brown collection and is divided in four sections regarding Chasseurs a Cheval, Horse Grenadiers , Dragoons and Lancers of Napoleon's Imperial Guard, with a brief but complete description of each plate. Also included is a small glossary of terms, an overview of the history of the Guard cavalry plus a brief profile of some of the commanders of each regiment. An outstanding book !
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Summary: Napoleon's Elite Cavalry
Review: Spectacular!!! While a bit expensive the plates are a cornicopia of valuable infomation for anyone interested in uniforms and the French army in the age of Napoleon. Perhaps the success of this work will inspire others to produce similar compendia of Rousselot's works (the bound reproduction of his planches would be a Napoeonic buff's dream).
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Summary: The Immortals
Review: 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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Summary: The Immortals
Review: 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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Summary: the Imperial Guard cavalry in all their splendor.
Review: 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.
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