Bryan Fosten

A tidy book within its parameters. The pictures are good, with a fascination for the various shakos that's a little odd, but I suppose they survived better than other items of kit. While I know it's little more than a pamphlet, yet it does have small amounts of narrative, and a guide to the details of regimental dress.

This volume of the set covers the oddities of Wellington's armies. It covers the Light Infantry regiments, the Highlanders, and the King's German Legion. Not, however some of the really odd, like the Loyal Lusitanian Legion or the "Chasseurs Britainiques", but if you've got only forty pages and eight colour plates, you've got to draw the line somewhere. I note there were two books from Osprey on the KGL #42, but they are no longer in print. Pity. This book even has some illustrations show more relating to camp life and the fatigue outfits, and is therefore even more valuable to the figure painters. Not worth the money, but it's still available at all, which is a gain. show less