EPOPEES: The Cuirassiers, from Origins to 1918
EPOPEES: The Cuirassiers, from Origins to 1918
EPOPEES: The Cuirassiers, from Origins to 1918
EPOPEES: The Cuirassiers, from Origins to 1918
EPOPEES: The Cuirassiers, from Origins to 1918
EPOPEES: The Cuirassiers, from Origins to 1918
EPOPEES: The Cuirassiers, from Origins to 1918
EPOPEES: The Cuirassiers, from Origins to 1918
EPOPEES: The Cuirassiers, from Origins to 1918
EPOPEES: The Cuirassiers, from Origins to 1918

EPOPEES: The Cuirassiers, from Origins to 1918

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This work invites you to discover the cuirassiers, distinguished cavalrymen who traversed the history of France from the 18th century to the end of the First World War, both witnesses and heroic actors in the victorious battles and dark defeats of the French army.

Combining epic accounts, meticulous descriptions of uniforms and remarkable illustrations, the pages of this book will help you understand the role and organisation of the cuirassier regiments within the military order of battle throughout the period covered. They will bring you to relive, from a fresh angle, the key moments of the campaigns of Louis XIV, Bonaparte and many others...

A great many original illustrations by Eugène Leliepvre, Lucien Rousselot, Maurice Toussaint, Pierre-Albert Leroux and Alphonse Lalauze adorn this work.

The author, Guillaume Bretegnier, comes from a family in which the passion for the study of uniforms and military history has been passed down from father to son for several generations.

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Author 1
Guillaume Bretegnier
Publication date
December 2020
Pages
204
Illustrations
Approx. 150
Cover
Hardcover
Language
French
Publisher
Epics
EAN
9782956512752

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