Best books to buy on Napoleon's Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, etc.!

Hi all,

I'm VERY intrigued by Napoleon's army.

I do have Philip Haythornwaite's Napoleon's military machine and it's o.k.

I recently ordered his Napoleonic infantry & cavalry books by Cassell publishers.

Does anyone know what other books cover pretty much all of the infantry, cavalry, artillery, etc. units that Nappy used during his "reign?"

Thank you in advance!
hellas1.......shooting now that I see the white's of their eyes

Colonel H C B Rogers "Napoleon's Army" is a good one volume introduction.
John R Elting " Swords around a Throne - Napoleon's Grande Armee" is a must have.
George Blond "La Grande Armee 1804-15" is Ok but treat with a little caution.
Henry Lachouque & Anne S K Brown "The Anatomy of Glory - Napoleon & his Guard" Excellent book on the Guard.

You will find many of the titles below "downloadable" - have a glance before deciding whether to buy and add to your library.......

Plus of course the mix of Osprey Men at Arms:
Napoleon's Guard Infantry Volumes 1 & 2 - Philip Haythornthwaite & Bryan Fosten
Napoleon's Guard Cavalry - Emir Bukhari & Angus McBride
Napoleon's Line Chasseurs - Emir Bukhari & Angus McBride
Napoleon's Cuirassiers & Carabiniers - Emir Bukhari & Angus McBride
Napoleon's Dragoons & Lancers - Emir Bukhari & Angus McBride
Napoleon's Hussars - Emir Bukhari & Angus McBride
Napoleon's Line Infantry - Philip Haythornthwaite & Bryan Fosten
Napoleon's Light Infantry - Philip Haythornthwaite & Bryan Fosten
Napoleon's Sea Soldiers -Philip Haythornthwaite & Bryan Fosten
Napoleon's Specilaist Troops - Philip Haythornthwaite & Bryan Fosten
Napoleon's Polish troops - Otto von Pivka & Michael Roffe
Napoleon's Italian & Neapolitan Troops - Otto von Pivka & Mike Chappell
Napoleon's German Allies (I) Westfalia & Kleve-Berg - Otto von Pivka & Michael Roffe
Napoleon's German Allies (2) Nassau & Oldenburg - Otto von Pivka & G A Embleton
Napoleon's German Allies (3) Saxony 1806-13 - Otto von Pivka & Richard Hook
Napoleon's German Allies (4) Bavaria - Otto von Pivka & Richard Hook
Napoleon's German Allies (5) Hesse-Darmstadt & Hessen-Kassel - Otto von Pivka & Bryan Fosten

Les Uniformes du Premier Empire series by Commandant E L Bucquoy
Vol 1: La Garde - Troupes a Pied
Vol 2: La Garde - Troupes a Cheval
Vol 3: Les Cuirassiers
Vol 4: L'Infanterie
Vol 5: La Cavalrie Legere
Vol 6: Dragons et Guides
Vol 7: Etat-Major et Services de Sante
Vol 8: Gardes d'Honneuret troupe Etrangere
Vol 9: La Maison de L'Empereur
Vol 10: Fanfares et Musique des Troupes Cheval

Charmy - Splendeur des Uniformes de Napoleon series
Vol 1: La Cavalerie
Vol 2: La Garde Imperiale a Pied
Vol 3: La Garde Imperiale a Cheval
Vol 4: Infanterie et Regiments Etrangere
Vol 5: Costume de Sacre Armes - Drapeaux et Decorations
Vol 6: Marine, Gendarmerie, Artillerie Genie, Ecoles

Almark series (if you can find secondhand copies):
PatricK Griffith & Emil Bukhari "French Artillery"
Nigel de Lee &i Emil Bukhari "French Lancers"
Emir Bukhari "French Napoleonic Line Infantry"
Michael G Head "Foot regiments of the Imperial Guard"

Andre Joineau & Jean Marie Mongin Histoire Collections (available in either English or French)
Vol 3: The French Imperial Guard, The Foot Soldiers 1804-15
Vol 4: The French Imperial Guard 2. Cavalry 1804-15
Vol 5: French Hussars 1. From Ancien Regime to Empire
Vol 6: The French Imperial Guard 3. Cavalry 1804-15 Mameluke, Chevaulegers, & Gendarmes d'Elite
Vol 7: French Hussars 2. From the 1st to 8th Regiment 1804-12
Vol 8: The Imperial Guard 4. Cavalry 1804-15 Gendarmes d'Ordnance, Gardes d'Honneur, Eclaireurs, Horse artillery
Vol 9: French Hussars 3. From 9th to 14th regiment 1804-12, The Hundred Days, The Restoration

You may find these of use (in French):
Napoleon et les troupes Polonaises 1797-1815 http://rapidshare.com/files/121874476/Tradition_166.pdf
Hors serie: a series issued by the magazine Tradition:
Marshals of the Empire: http://rapidshare.com/files/123725189/HS12.pdf.html
Napoleon's artillery: http://rapidshare.com/files/123725202/HS23.pdf.html
Napoleon's cavalry: http://rapidshare.com/files/123725204/HS21.pdf.html

The Imperial Guard of Napoleon: From Marengo to Waterloo by Joel Tyler Headley. 1852. 310 pages:
http://books.google.com/books?id=a8Y...ummary_r&cad=0#
Histroire de l'Ex-Garde: depuis sa formation jusqu'à son licenciement … by A. Perrot, Ch. Amoudru. 1821. 577 pages:
http://books.google.com/books?id=E8I...page&q&f=false

Another worth considering is "Soldiers and Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars" by Francois-Guy Hourtelle, Jack Girbal & Patrice Courcelle. You are more than likely to find this downloadable have a glance before deciding whether to buy and add to your library.......

@Prince of Essling,

Thank you for your help!

I DID look at Georges Blond's book however I have Theodore Ayrault Dodge's Book on Napoleon.
Does Georges Blond's book describe the units of each branch of the Grand Armee or just what they went through
during each campaign?

The rest of the books seem to cost a LOT of money!

I will investigate Mr. Bukhari & Mr. Haythornthwaite's titles in greater depth.

I do have the following titles on the various branches of the Grand Armee:
Colonel H C B Rogers-Napoleon's Army
John R Elting-Swords around a Throne

Thank again!
hellas1

Update:

I was and still am looking for a one shop stop book or volumes of books describing the units of each
branch of the Grand Armee...IF possible.

I look into Mr. Bukhari & Haythornthwaite's books....nice but piecemeal. Hmmm......

Thanks again,
hellas1

[QUOTE=hellas1;8436869
I DID look at Georges Blond's book however I have Theodore Ayrault Dodge's Book on Napoleon.
Does Georges Blond's book describe the units of each branch of the Grand Armee or just what they went through
during each campaign?

The rest of the books seem to cost a LOT of money!

I will investigate Mr. Bukhari & Mr. Haythornthwaite's titles in greater depth.

I was and still am looking for a one shop stop book or volumes of books describing the units of each
branch of the Grand Armee...IF possible.

I look into Mr. Bukhari & Haythornthwaite's books....nice but piecemeal. Hmmm......

Thanks again,
hellas1[/QUOTE]

Blond is really what the Grande Armee in total went through rather than its various components.

Unfortunately I have not found a single or two volume work that deals with the Grande Armee in the manner you wish in a satisfactory fashion. Otto von Pivka "Armies of the Napoleonic Era" covers the unforms.

To build up a comprehensive collection is very expensive - it is something you have to do over the years rather than in one go unless you come into a lot of unexpected wealth.

Your public library may have some of the volumes or be able to get them from another library for you to peruse (for example my local library got hold of original volumes of Janes Fighting Ships & let me have them on long-term loan when I was studying the navies of World Wars I & II & the early 1900s for wargaming purposes)?

@Prince,

You ARE right! Building a library/reading room does take time.

It is unfortunate that no set of volumes exist which deal with each arm of the Grand Armee!

After so many books/works being published, wouldn't one wonder why & make such a set? Whatever.

Thanks again for your help,
hellas1