Cavalry: The History of a Fighting Elite, 650 BC-AD 1914

by Z. Grbasic and V. Vuksic

Book Overview

Over 100 color paintings of mounted cavalry through the centuries--in the most spectacularly illustrated book on the subject ever published--highlight this tribute to 2,500 years of history's most... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0304340413
• ISBN13: 9780304340415
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Cassell
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The history is sometimes shakey;the illustrations are great.

If one is researching the history of cavalry, one can findbetter books. If one is looking for eye candy in terms of cavalry,especially uniforms, this book is great. One of the authors (if I recollect correctly) drew and painted some of the illustrations and these are very good. The authors have included several paintings by Russian arists, who judging by the style were contemporaries of Edouard Detaille, Meissonier, et al. And these are excellent. In addition, the authors have an east European bias, so there is something of an emphasis on Austrian, Polish, and Turkish cavalry, which is unique and refreshing. The book is worth the price.