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Mounted Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard

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Mounted Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard

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Mounted upon their huge black horses, the Mounted Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard were the senior heavy cavalry unit of the French army and were never defeated in battle. Their long list of battle honours earned them the nicknames 'the Giants' and 'the Gods'. In this latest addition to the Osprey mini-series on the Imperial Guard, author Ronald Pawly tells the story of this famous unit using unparalleled documentary and pictorial sources. Along with detailed artwork depicting the unit's colourful uniforms, this book gives a history of the unit's organization and record drawn from original letters, orders, and inspection reports that still survive in the Paris Archives. Interspersed are the stories of some of the individuals that served in the Mounted Grenadiers and helped to make it one of the most storied units to have served in Napoleon's army.

Author Biography:

Ronald Pawly was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1956 and still lives and works in that city. He is a respected member of several international societies for Napoleonic studies, and an expert on 19th century military portraiture. He is the author of The Red Lancers: Anatomy of a Napoleonic Regiment (Crowood Press, 1998), and of a study of Napoleonic veterans' tombs in Belgium. He has previously written for Osprey Men-at-Arms 355: Wellington's Belgian Allies 1815; MAA 371: Wellington's Dutch Allies 1815; MAA 371: Napoleon's Red Lancers; and MAA 378: Napoleon's Guards of Honour. The author lives in Antwerp, Belgium.
Release date Australia
November 10th, 2009
Author
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributor
  • Illustrated by Patrice Courcelle
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrations (some col.); Illustrations (some col.)
Imprint
Osprey Publishing
Pages
48
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
184x248x5
ISBN-13
9781846034497
Product ID
3240647

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