Simon MacDowall

This booklet represents Osprey at its most workmanlike, as the author takes you through the nuts and bolts of the battle that represented the culmination point of the War of the Spanish Secession, and the climax of the Duke of Marlborough's military career, as it was a victory for France, and not for him, and he was shorty thereafter shown the exit from the favor of the British Crown! If nothing else, from a practical aspect, this battle illustrates the difficulties of controlling the show more largest armies in the field with nothing more than human messengers. show less

This is one of the best Osprey books I've read. It shows a good understanding of the situation in the Eastern Roman Empire as well as the European spaces bordering the great steppe. The analysis of the political and economic situation is good, the treatment of the forces is reasonably detailed and explained.

The battle maps are great, attractive, easy to understand and well organized.

This entry in the Warrior series has good pictures. The text is adequate and offers an accurate description of the "barbarian" tribes and their probable composition. Since the Germanic Society had a relatively metal poor technology, there is a certain amount of conjecture.

A decent popular history of the Vandals.

My full-length review was published in issue 309 of Slingshot magazine.