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Mar 26 09 7:58 AM

They are a superb series of books, my french is not good but I get by with a dictionary close to hand. Most of the military words crop up quite a lot, and I never did bother with past and future tense, so I got grade 5 at 'o' level a very long time ago ! Some of the volumes have the english eye witness reports in english. I expect that they would not translate well as the english used is 'old fashioned'. My mate who has a place in france says my french is turning into Napoleonic Belgian in its sentence construction and use of old words, which has got to be an improvement !!!

The colour plates are by Patrice Courcelle and very good, though there are a few small ? errors / ? differences eg Corwnall regt shown with red over white plumes. In my view they are a good balance between text, colour plates , maps and diagrams, and a little what if discussion.

They are pricey but I started with just two. Hougoumont and Placenoit

Simon W