FRANKLIN (C.) BRITISH NAPOLEONIC UNIFORMS: THE FIRST COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO UNIFORMS, FACINGS AND LACE.

330pp., 4to, illustrated throughout with colour plates, each depicting in diagrammatic form every aspect of the uniform of each particular regiment. 2009. Every so often a masterpiece of a publication comes along, and this is one of them. If you have any interest in the uniforms of the British Army in the Napoleonic wars you have to have this book. It replaces any other research, going meticulously to the significant sources, it lists everything you could want to know about the uniforms, accoutrements and facings with the most stunning colour plates. The book is divided into 4 parts, the first two parts deal with the cavalry (commonalities and then regiment by regiment), parts 3 & 4 treat the infantry in the same way. This is one of those books you will refer back to time and time and time again (in which case of course you may want to buy two copies!) £40.00