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- ISBN 9781841769554
- Weight: 220g
- Dimensions: 182 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 10 Mar 2006
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A key part of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard were undoubtedly the Mamelukes – the bodyguard of Turkish cavalry which remained with his Mounted Chasseurs regiment throughout the First Empire.
For the first time in English, this book tells the Mamelukes’ story, from Austerlitz to Waterloo. Quoting from the original nominal rolls and battle casualty returns, the author brings individual members of this extraordinary unit to life.
His text is illustrated with rare early engravings and paintings, and full-colour plates show the development of the unit’s Turkish uniforms.
Ronald Pawly was born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1956. He is an expert on 19th century military portraiture. He is the author of the monumental ‘The Red Lancers: Anatomy of a Napoleonic Regiment’ (Crowood Press, 1998), and of a study of Napoleonic veterans' tombs in Belgium. His previous titles for Osprey include Men at Arms 378: ‘Napoleon's Guards of Honour’; Men-at-Arms 389: ‘Napoleon's Red Lancers’; and Men-at-Arms 405: ‘Napoleon’s Carabiniers’.
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 widespread admiration in the field of military illustration.
