Émigré and Foreign Troops in British Service (1)

René Chartrand

ISBN 10: 185532766X / ISBN 13: 9781855327665

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, GB, 1999

Beschreibung

Following the French Revolution in 1789, members of the aristocracy were increasingly persecuted, and many of them fled abroad.These exiles became known collectively as 'émigrés', and despite initial confusions and indecision, many of them were taken into British service. This fine text by René Chartrand examines the organisation, uniforms and insignia of the Émigré troops in British service from 1793 to 1802, accompanied by plenty of illustrations including eight full page colour plates by Patrice Courcelle.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781855327665

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Émigré and Foreign Troops in British Service (1)
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, GB
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 185532766X
• ISBN-13: 9781855327665
• Einband: Paperback
• Illustrator: Courcelle, Patrice
• Zustand: New
• Gewicht: 202 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

Following the Revolution in 1789, members of the aristocracy were increasingly persecuted, and many of them fled abroad. These exiles became known collectively as 'émigrés', and despite initial confusions and indecision, many of them were taken into British service. This fine text by René Chartrand examines the organisation, uniforms and insignia of the Émigré troops in British service from 1793 to 1802, accompanied by plenty of illustrations including eight full page colour plates by Patrice Courcelle.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

René Chartrand was born in Montral and educated in Canada, the United States and the Bahamas. A senior curator with Canada's National Historic Sites for nearly three decades, he is now a freelance writer and historical consultant for cinema and historic sites restorations. He has written numerous articles and books including almost 20 Osprey titles and the first two volumes of Canadian Military Heritage. Also a student of wines, he currently lives in Hull, Quebec, with his wife and two sons. Patrice Courcelle was born in northern France in 1950 and has been a professional illustrator for some 20 years. Entirely self-taught; he has illustrated many books and magazine articles for Continental publishers, and his work hangs in a number of public and private collections. His dramatic and lucid style has won him plenty of admiration in the field of military illustration. His other enthusiasms include music, from Clapton and the blues to Mahler, and cooking. Patrice lives a few miles from the battlefield of Waterloo with his wife and son.