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Title: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: SgtPerry on June 19, 2008, 01:47:35 PM: A new french company is publishing a book which looks very good with great pictures. It should be a great source for painting 17th century swashbucklers.

French Armies of the Thirty years War

(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i90/Angaliel/CourrierpubSdP.jpg)

Author : Stéphane Thion. English Version. 176 pages all in color. Softback. 8"5 x 10"8 inch. 120 pictures. ISBN : 978-2-917747-01-8

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http://eboutique.lrt-editions.com/

Olivier
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: Aaron on June 19, 2008, 02:35:31 PM: Oh no! All three of those books look like must owns for me. My wife is already screaming about my recent book purchases!
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: Captain Blood on June 19, 2008, 02:36:19 PM: Oooh. That looks very gorgeous.
But with the Euro exchange rate being what it is, also very expensive! :'(
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: Poliorketes on June 19, 2008, 06:24:17 PM: Francais, c'est pas ma longue!
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: SgtPerry on June 19, 2008, 07:28:54 PM: The book exists in 2 versions french and english! ;)
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: Poliorketes on June 19, 2008, 08:42:54 PM: Taht sounds great! And expensive ;)
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: SgtPerry on June 20, 2008, 07:40:43 AM: The publisher told me that they have been looking for a US retailer in order to avoid expensive shipping costs. I'll write a review when I receive mine.

The publisher will attend the World Expo in Girona (Spain), the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th July 2008 on the JMD MINIATURES stand (173)

Olivier
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: Poliorketes on June 20, 2008, 08:20:52 AM: I thought the EXPO is in Zaragoza?
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: SgtPerry on June 20, 2008, 08:45:51 AM: http://www.elbaluard.net/4_0/
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: SgtPerry on June 21, 2008, 02:02:41 PM: I received my book (french version) this morning. It's a very nice book with superb pictures (17th-19th century paintings and drawings) and photos of weapons and armour of the french army museum (Invalides)

The chapters
I The thirty years war
II The french army before the war (1617-1634)
III The french army during the war (1635-1648)
IV Uniforms & Banners
V the french army in action (the battles).
and some appendices.

Olivier
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: Gallowglass on June 21, 2008, 02:43:01 PM: Oh dear God, no.... :o

http://eboutique.lrt-editions.com/epages/0a494e6c-32fe-11dd-8494-000d609a287c.sf/en_GB/?ViewObjectID=1133143

Cavalry Outpost Duties 336 pages all in color. Pictures from Keith Rocco, Edouard Detaille, Ernest Meissonier, JOB (...)

:o
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: brigadegames on June 21, 2008, 03:39:31 PM: I need one of those -

but at 24 euros to ship it to the USA something is dreadfully wrong. At that shipping price should include a good bottle of French wine.
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on June 21, 2008, 05:58:56 PM: I like the look of the Canadian militia book, but at the moment the exchange rate is just a little high. Hopefully when it's published things will bw better ::)
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: SgtPerry on June 22, 2008, 03:12:57 PM: Quote from: brigadegames on June 21, 2008, 03:39:31 PM
I need one of those -

but at 24 euros to ship it to the USA something is dreadfully wrong. At that shipping price should include a good bottle of French wine.

The Publisher has fixed this problem with the postal services. The shipping costs should be lowered from 24 to 14.50 euros

Olivier
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: archangel1 on June 22, 2008, 10:52:06 PM: Quote from: brigadegames on June 21, 2008, 03:39:31 PM
I need one of those -

but at 24 euros to ship it to the USA something is dreadfully wrong. At that shipping price should include a good bottle of French wine.

Hi, Lon

I have a friend who will be attending World Expo next month. I was going to ask him if he could pick up a copy for me. If you like, I can ask him to grab a second copy for you. I imagine it would be considerably cheaper to ship it from Canada than Europe! Just let me know.

Cheers,
Mike
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: Aaron on June 23, 2008, 02:32:09 PM: Olivier,

If you speak to the publisher again you might suggest he try On Military Matters http://onmilitarymatters.com/ (http://onmilitarymatters.com/) for an American stockist. They carry a large selection of European books.

Aaron
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: SgtPerry on June 25, 2008, 07:24:46 AM: A review of the book with pictures

http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27050
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: archangel1 on June 26, 2008, 05:46:30 AM: Quote from: SgtPerry on June 25, 2008, 07:24:46 AM
A review of the book with pictures

http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27050

Looks like a great book but it has one major flaw that is becoming all too common these days. When are publishers going to stop printing double-page spreads across the centre spine! I'm getting fed up with seeing a beautiful painting or scale plan or cutaway (Osprey! >:( ) broken in the middle because it's bound into the spine. What good is a scale plan if you lose thirty feet of the centre of the ship because you aren't willing to ruin your $50 book to remove it? Either just print the picture at a smaller scale on a single page or use a foldout. I know it may add to the cost of publishing the book but this is one time where I would not object to the extra expense. (Although, I must say, I'm one of those people who rarely objects to the cost of a book in the first place! That's why my book collection is worth between $50-100,000! ;) )
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: Aaron on July 14, 2008, 01:47:21 PM: FYI for those in North America, On Military Matters is carrying this beauty according to the latest e-newsletter I received. I'm not sure if they will have it in time for Historicon or not, but I have ordered via their website in the past and the service was excellent. $65 US, but looks to be well worth it.
Title: Re: French Armies of the Thirty years War (book)
Post by: PeteMurray on July 14, 2008, 04:22:13 PM: I don't know how I missed this thread the first time. I am so totally going to order this...