British Army Against Napoleon Facts by Burnham Robert Mcguigan Ron (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Foreword by Rory Muir. Heavy Book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. The dust jacket is rubbed and damp marked to the inside.Bumped.Tightly bound. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardback. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. This mint unread copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in mint condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. Despite the bewildering number of tomes devoted to the Napoleonic wars, much basic data as been hitherto unavailable to anyone other than the most ardent scholars. McGuigan and Burnham have collected a tremendous treasure trove of information in a readily accessible form. Other books may tell you how many regiments were sent on the expedition to Hanover in 1805, but The British Army against Napoleon will tell you where every single regiment in the British army was stationed, who were their honorary colonels, and give you a list of all the barracks in Britain with the number of men they were designed to hold. Where else will you find not just the pay of different ranked officers but the amount of income tax they paid, as well as all the other deductions and stoppages that reduced their actual receipts to a fraction of their nominal (and generally quite low) pay? Or pension charts for widows? There are tables that list all the recipients of the honors and awards issued, casualties in action and disease, seniority of officers of the numerous expeditions and campaigns (a matter not just of curiosity but of major significance, for the date of rank of an officer determined who commanded the force and all of its sub-units. Ref XX3.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. New hardback copies at a reduced price. ; Over 300 Illustrations & tables. ; 326 pages.