The Imperial Guard of the First Empire: The Infantry Troops — Volume 1

Volume 1: Discover the uniforms, equipment and weaponry of all the Grognards — the last resort, thrown into battle at the decisive moment. Developing the concepts of organization into the Old, Middle and Young Guards, the illustrator-researcher André Jouineau presents here the colonels-généraux, grenadiers, chasseurs à pied, fusiliers, vélites, flanqueurs, pupilles, veterans, workers, sappers, surgeons, podestàs and other foot artillerymen — while the second volume of this panorama covers the cavalry centaurs of the Guard. This practical tool — compact, precise, clear, logical and visual, a true vade-mecum for enthusiasts of Imperial history — is aimed at both historians and figure painters.

This work is the entirely redrawn, revised, amended and very substantially expanded new edition — with nearly 50% new figures absent from the work published several years ago by the same authors. Across nearly 176 pages, a thousand drawings develop the argument of these two specialists of the period.

Volume 2: Forthcoming. André Jouineau and Jean-Marie Mongin present in Volume 2 the colonels-généraux, chasseurs à cheval, Mamelukes, dragoons, grenadiers à cheval, lancers, Tartars, guides, artillery train and horse artillerymen. Once again, nearly 1,000 drawings spread across 176 pages illustrate the centaurs of the Guard!