Product Description

Napoleon's Polish Lancers of the Guard were unique in their appearance and in their loyalty. This book will reveal their varied and colourful uniforms as well as their long and loyal service for the Bonaparte cause. The Poles were the only foreign contingent never to defect from Napoleon's cause, a squadron even accompanied Napoleon into exile on Elba, and reformed in 1815 to charge at Waterloo. They introduced the use of the lance to the French army, adding a new tactical dimension to the use of cavalry on the battlefield and demonstrated its deadly effects in all of Napoleon most famous victories. Brave and ruthless in equal measures, this is a fascinating insight into the fighting lives of the legendary Polish Lancers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #342370 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .30" h x 7.20" w x 9.50" l, .35 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Customer Reviews

Not bad at all , but....
This is the best yet easily accessed book in English about this famous regiment. Of course the limit of space in the Men-At-Arms books also limits the possibility of entering deeper in to the subject. Still, the author Ronald Pawly makes a very good effort in trying to cover all essential info about the regiment. An extra hats off to the author for the (almost) correct spelling of Polish names and surnames, which is no walk in the park for a non-Pole ;-)

Very sadly enough the effort of the illustrator Patrice Courcelle does not match the effort of the author. Hastily done, lacking good detail and a bit shabby, the illustrations seems to have been made under considerable time-pressure. This becomes painfully obvious when compared to Pawly's and Courcelle's previous work on the Polish lancer's sister regiment `The red Lancers' (MAA 389) where Courcelle's work is brilliant.

I'm still waiting for THE book on this regiment, the apple of the Emperor's eye, but nonetheless still consider this publication a nice effort.