Napoleon's Guard Infantry (1) - Philip Haythornthwaite - Osprey MAA 153 DVG melding cards from one's hand

melding cards from one's hand and discarding a card

Bentonville: The Last Great Battle simulates the final major battle of the war

who flees on the back of a donkey

A fascinating and unusual book written with the authority of long experience by the author in military courts

Napoleon's Guard Infantry (1) - Philip Haythornthwaite - Osprey MAA 153 DVG melding cards from one's handThe concept of the bodyguard is as ancient as the practice of an individual assuming the leadership of a group or tribe. From the Companions of Alexander to the Varangians of Byzantium, bodies of lite warriors, owing personal allegiance to their sovereign and obeying no others, have illuminated or stained the annals of military history. Napoleon's Imperial Guards probably represent the last true link in a chain spanning the ages. Philip