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| Art by N Zubkov |
This is definitely my favourite military book of this year so far. It's epic in its scope and execution. Written by a 40 year old reenactor and scholar. The author has already had books published in Russian but this is a first for him in English and they have pulled out all the stops and made a top rated study. Pages of colour paintings by N. Zubkov, colour flag pictures, original uniforms, period illustrations and reenactor photographs make this a profusely illustrated work. This is simply the definitive English language book on the Russian army in the Great Northern War. It's a very in-depth book but then the author has been studying the subject for a very long time and it shows. Ships and Galleys as well as Siegecraft are investigated along with many other topics like uniforms and weapons. Definitely a feather in the cap for the publishers Helion as this is a quality item. The publishers have a Swedish companion out later and if it's anything as good as this expect a great surge of interest in the Great Northern War. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in Russia's army and history.
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| The author Boris Megorsky |
Ordered mine on Amazon the day before publication. Day of publication- "Temporarily out of stock". Not impressed. Get an email today saying it will be delivered 29th May. Looks like I'd have been better off ordering direct from Helion. Normally I don't mind waiting, but I've been looking forward to this book for a long time.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the book tip. I will order my copy asap
ReplyDeleteActually got mine early- arrived today. I am a little disappointed in how the Zubkov artwork has been reproduced in the book, but its ok. The text itself looks great though and I am looking forward to getting stuck into it. Looks like this will be the standard text in English on Peter's army.
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