NAPOLEON'S DRAGOONS AND LANCERS 

Text by Emir Bukhari, Colour plates by Angus McBride

7.25" x 9.75", 40 page square bound trade paperback, Osprey Publishing, ISBN # 0-85045-088-8, Copyright 1976, Reprinted 1979

France was to call up a total of 1,600,000 men during the Napoleonic Wars, of whom a mere 600,000 were to survive. For those conscripted into service, one of the better fates would be recruitment as a cavalryman. Napoleon's dragoons were not just any band of individuals sorted and labelled cavalrymen; they were mounted infantrymen, trained to be adept with both musket and sabre, and proud of that distinction. Originally mounted for the sake of mobility but generally fighting on foot, they evolved into an army equally at home sabring at the charge as firing dismounted.

The book is complete and in GOOD condition with some overall wear that includes some light soiling, edge wear, and corner wear. The covers have some darkening.