Armies of the War of the Grand Alliance 1688–97
$36.28
- Paperback
48 pages
- Release Date
5 January 2022
Summary
This title explores and illustrates the armies of France, and six countries allied against Louis XIV, in a wide-ranging Continental conflict that ushered in more than a century of European warfare.
Formed in 1689, the ‘Grand Alliance’ or League of Augsburg was a military coalition of the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, Britain, Spain and the Duchy of Savoy, to resist Louis XIV’s rich, powerful and expansionist France.
The long war on the continent was n…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472844354 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472844351 |
| Author: | Gabriele Esposito, Giuseppe Rava |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 5 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 178mm x 246mm |
| Series: | Men-at-Arms |
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Gabriele Esposito
GABRIELE ESPOSITO is a professor of modern history, a freelance researcher and an author of military history books, specializing in uniformology. His interests range from ancient civilizations to modern postcolonial conflicts, including 19th-century Italian, Spanish and Latin American wars. His books and essays have been published by Pen & Sword, Winged Hussar and Libreria Editrice Goriziana and he also contributes to a variety of specialist military-history journals. He has written various titles for Osprey including MAA 499 Armies of the War of the Triple Alliance 1864–70 and MAA 536 Renaissance Armies in Italy 1450–1550.
Giuseppe Rava was born in Faenza in 1963, and took an interest in all things military from an early age. Entirely self-taught, Giuseppe has established himself as a leading military history artist, and is inspired by the works of the great military artists, such as Detaille, Meissonier, Röchling, Lady Butler, Ottenfeld and Angus McBride. He lives and works in Italy.
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