Ralph Weaver has been a collector of militaria, books, uniform plates, and articles concentrating on the armies of nineteenth century Europe for the past 40 years. For much of that time he has been the editor of the Foreign Correspondent, the journal of the Continental Wars Society. As well as writing and researching articles for the journal he has written books on the Hungarian Insurrection; the First Schleswig-Holstein War; the Swiss Civil War of 1847 and the French campaign in Spain in 1823. He has several armies of model soldiers who have been fighting battles on the table top and sometimes winning!