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Summary: Detailed and well written
Review: Christopher Duffy is without doubt the top expert of Frederick's campaings and this book is the best one can find about the battles of Rossbach and Leuthen. The maps are excellent, the text holds the reader's interest and the description of the personalities involved are unforgettable. A small minus of the book is the great number of annoying typographical errors.
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Summary: Very Informative
Review: I just finished "Prussia's Glory", and I found it to be very informative and entertaining. One often reads accounts of the Rossbach campaign, but I have never seen anything with such detail. Mr. Duffy gives us an insightful (and at times amusing) look at the Reichsarmee, a force that seems to have been assembled with the positive intention of being routed. Also included is a description of the combat of Breslau; I am not aware of any work that contains so detailed an account of this battle. Of course, the Leuthen campaign is examined in fairly good detail. In my opinion, this is Mr. Duffy's best work yet. Having read his previous works on the Austrian, Prussian and Russian armies, what surprised me was Mr. Duffy's ability as a storyteller. Like his other works, Duffy has meticulously researched and documented this book, to such an extent that one gets the feeling he actually enjoys the often tedious task of research. Here the research really pays off buy providing detail to what is all too often a campaign that is taken for granted. I certainly hope that the forthcoming "By Force Of Arms" is as good as this book. My only criticism would be the large number of typos that the book contains. I certainly hope that later editions of the book are checked more thoroughly. I would also suggest that the publishers bring out more works on campaigns and personalities of the 18th century. The Old Dessaur and the various campaigns in Italy would seem to be ripe areas of study.
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Summary: Very Informative
Review: I just finished "Prussia's Glory", and I found it to be very informative and entertaining. One often reads accounts of the Rossbach campaign, but I have never seen anything with such detail. Mr. Duffy gives us an insightful (and at times amusing) look at the Reichsarmee, a force that seems to have been assembled with the positive intention of being routed. Also included is a description of the combat of Breslau; I am not aware of any work that contains so detailed an account of this battle. Of course, the Leuthen campaign is examined in fairly good detail. In my opinion, this is Mr. Duffy's best work yet. Having read his previous works on the Austrian, Prussian and Russian armies, what surprised me was Mr. Duffy's ability as a storyteller. Like his other works, Duffy has meticulously researched and documented this book, to such an extent that one gets the feeling he actually enjoys the often tedious task of research. Here the research really pays off buy providing detail to what is all too often a campaign that is taken for granted. I certainly hope that the forthcoming "By Force Of Arms" is as good as this book. My only criticism would be the large number of typos that the book contains. I certainly hope that later editions of the book are checked more thoroughly. I would also suggest that the publishers bring out more works on campaigns and personalities of the 18th century. The Old Dessaur and the various campaigns in Italy would seem to be ripe areas of study.
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