Its very good. Great plates and some good info on Byzantines Armies in that period, especially the various auxiliary groups that helped comprise its armies.
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Its very good. Great plates and some good info on Byzantines Armies in that period, especially the various auxiliary groups that helped comprise its armies.
I'd second what BKB said. It's really quite good.
Thanks for the info BKB and Steppe Merc...
Can't wait tommorrow to buy my second set of Osprey books!!!!
I ordered Hungary and the Fall of Eastern Europe. :balloon2:
Now I have 8 osprey books - about 25 left to finish my collection ... ~;)
Check out this thread for scans of illustrations from Armies of Islam and Armies of the Caliphates:
Muslim Armies
There is a Byzantine one too:
Byzantine Osprey plates
~Wiz
Should be getting Crusader Castles of the Holy Land 1192-1302 and far more importantly Sassanian Elite Cavalry by Saturday. ~D
It's out? OMG! *scrambles*
~Wiz ~;)
Well, not til the 10th according to Osprey, but they're always slow anyway. ~D
My dad is exasperated.... Guess why?! I still haven't ordered my second set!!! :furious3:
Sorry about that, had to discharge myself.....
I think I'm getting it also, because Fortresses are one of my main interests in my hobby, Medieval history.....
I'm goin' crazy here....
Have you noticed a new book?!
Warriors of Medieval Japan - by Stephen Turnbull(my favourite writer) and plates by Angus McBride!!!!!
228 pages, hardback cover.... 3 books in one with new plates and text
This has gotta be one of the hottest books of the year!!!!
Gotta order it....*zzzziiiiiiiipppppppp to his dad*
I doubt there's new Angus plates. I think its just Reynolds' Warrior Monks and Ninja book and the Ashigaru book, all 3 of which I already have, along with some stuff from the Samurai title illustrated by Angus McBride. Compiled into a nice single edition with some new text and pictures (photos, diagrams, etc., NOT plates), this is probably worth getting, but I won't be picking it up, there's little point.
Sassanians aren't out yet in Amazon over here, bummer. :embarassed:
I can't wait to get it though.
I was a huuuuuuuge fan of Medieval Japan before switching to Medieval Europe..... So probably(turning to surely, my birthday is almost 2 weeks away ~D ) I'll get this book along with God's Warriors and another 3 books....
No Sassanians today sadly...looks like Monday or Tuesday.
Finally!!!
I have ordered my second set of Osprey books!!!!!
Just ordered MAA The Moors today. I was thinking about ordering the last vikings, saxons and normans stuffs I do not have yet (Norman Castles, Saxon fortifications or Viking Longships), but I'm not sure they're worth it.
I wonder how good the King Tiger book(New Vanguard 1) is. Can you tell me?!
I ordered it in my second set. I really like this tank.
Question:
Has anyone won at the book contest?!
I've just participated in the Waterloo book contest and looks like I haven't won because no mail from Osprey....
The cover of The Mycenaeans is up and it looks like we have yet another good Angus book on our hands!
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/osp_...rs/S8979AL.JPG
Still waiting for the Sassanians though.....hopefully today.
No Sassanians, but after making my most recent order I realised that once I get the books I'm expecting I'll practically be done with Ancient/Medieval/16thC stuff! Bar new stuff, all I need now is:
Qadesh (Campaign)
Yarmuk (Campaign)
Kalka River (Campaign)
Towton (Campaign)
Nagashino (Campaign)
Armada Campaign (Campaign)
Kawanakajima (Campaign)
And then whatever new stuff comes out!
Lucky dawg....
You're living in England, so it's easy for you to buy all the Osprey books.... The books with the Kalka River and Kawanakajima are very interesting, for me, at least..... ~D
That and because I've been buying them for the past 10 years or so.
WOW....
~:jawdrop:
Well I've only seriously been buying them for the past 5 but my dad used to get a few for me a good while longer than that.
Nice to see some fellow Osprey fans ~D
I haven't been collecting as long as you, BKB, but I do have a sizeable collection (30+). However, the plates are not the main reason I buy them (your posts suggest this is the case for you); the historical information contained within is more of interest for me ~;)
Great illustrations are a nice bonus though.
Sassanians arrived today. Great stuff!
Scratch Kalka River and Towton off the list.
I wish I could order the Sassanians....
I have to ask my dad for this..... :((
So does anyone else have the Sassanian book yet? If so, what do you think of it? My favourite pics were the ones we've already seen, the cover and the double page spread. The spread depicts Julian the Apostate (on horseback, blond hair) being killed while on campaign against the Sassanids in 363AD for those wondering. Awesome plate.
Since you have obviously read it, can you explain why the Romans are wearing banded armour? The last evidence I know of it is from the time of Septimius Severus, which is rather long in the past for Julian. Of course the ocational armour might have been retained, but this seems odd. The same goes for the helmets, at least to a degree (as I can't see for certain).