British Rifleman vs French Skirmisher – Peninsular War and Waterloo 1808-15, David Greentree. Looks at the weapons, organisation, training and tactics used by the French army’s standard skirmishers and the British army’s chosen force of riflemen, supported by two examples from the Peninsula and the defence of La Haye Sainte at Waterloo. At its best in the first half, looking at the equipment, doctrine, organisation, tactics and history of these two forces, both of which evolved quite significantly during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (Read Full Review)

Murat’s Army - The Army of the Kingdom of Naples 1806-1815, Digby Smith. A very pretty book, based on the paintings of Henri Boiselier, produced in the first half of the 20th Century. The book is dominated by full colour, full page reproductions of his illustrations of the many and varied uniforms worn in Murat’s small and not terribly effective army of Naples. Each comes with a brief caption that explains what we are looking at, and any errors in the original painting (normally fairly trivial).(Read Full Review)

Dutch-Belgian Troops of the Napoleonic Wars, Otto Von Pivka, A colourful Osprey book looking at the uniforms and organisation of the Dutch-Belgium troops in the Napoleonic wars. The book feature nine pages of full colour plates which are of great use to modellers and war-game figure painters. [see more]

Brunswick Troops, 1809-15, Otto Von Pivka. An interesting and well illustrated Osprey which deals with a small but very distinctively dressed force from the Napoleonic wars. If you are interested in the Brunswickers then this is a must have introduction not only for the colour illustrations and descriptions of uniform but also of the history with sections dealing with the 1809 campaign, their actions in the Peninsular war and good detail on the 1815 campaign and their role in the battle of Waterloo

Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars: 1808-12 v. 2, Rene Chartrand. The second of three volumes dealing with the often overlooked Spanish forces during the Napoleonic wars. This is the period of Guerrilla warfare vs the French invaders and the sieges of Zaragoza and Gerona. As well as detailing Regular Spanish forces and illustrating their uniforms it also looks briefly at the Guerrillas and resistance forces but as always with Osprey books it short length means it serves as an introductionary text. Contains various maps and 8 colour plates

Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars: 1812-15 v. 3. Rene Chartrand. The final volume in the Osprey 3 part series dealing with the Spanish Army in the Napoleonic wars, this one deals with the final years where aided by the British the Spanish finally won their freedom from French rule and drove Napoleon's armies back over the Pyrenees.  It is a brief but well researched volume which used both British and Spanish archives to give a more balanced view. Its main focus as with many osprey books is that of uniform and organisation and it is well illustrated with  8 full colour plates but all that said it covers the history of this period very briefly and if you are looking for more information on the final battles and campaign then look elsewhere

Armies of the Napoleonic Wars, ed. Gregory Fremont-Barnes. A collection of ten articles by nine different authors looking at the main armies of the Napoleonic Wars, from 1803 to 1815. The chapters vary in tone, with some only having the space to trace the evolving structure of an army, while others, for the smaller participants, also provide details on the army's performance. A very useful reference work. [read full review]

Armies of the Irish Rebellion 1798, Stuart Reid. A study of the British, French and Irish rebel armies involved in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and the brief French intervention that came after the defeat of the main rebel armies. Demonstrates the variety of troops involved on the British side, the tiny size of the French expeditionary force and the limited organisation of the Irish rebels. [read full review]

Austrian Grenadiers and Infantry 1788-1816 , David Hollins, Jeffrey Burn., A fascinating and highly detailed book on a neglected army of the Napoleonic wars. The book is full of colourful illustrations and historical detail and gives a fascinating insight into the Austrian Army of the period. [see more]

We Are Accustomed to Doing our Duty - German Auxiliaries with the British Army, 1793-95, Paul Demet. Combines an account of the British role in the campaigns in the Low Countries in 1793-95 with a detailed examination of the organisation, performance and uniforms of the German contingents hired for those campaigns. A useful examination of the role of Britain’s hired German troops during this series of generally unsuccessful campaigns, which ended with the French occupying the entire Low Countries for the next twenty years! (Read Full Review)

British Light Infantry & Rifle Tactics of the Napoleonic Wars, Philip Haythornthwaite. Nice to see the details of the light infantry tactics that are so often praised in accounts of the British Army's campaigns of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic War - looking at the evolution of light infantry  units, how they were trained, how they were meant to maneuver, how they were used in combat and finishing with some examples from 1813-1815(Read Full Review)

The British Army Against Napoleon - Facts, Lists and Trivia 1805-1815, Robert Burnham and Ron McGuigan. A useful collection of lists, statistics, regimental details, seniority charts, and endless bits and pieces of information about the British army during the wars against Napoleon - a very useful reference work, and an entertaining volume to dip into as well! [read full review]

Dragon Rampant: The Royal Welch Fusiliers at War, 1793-1815, Donald E. Graves. A superb regimental history tracing the role played by the 23rd Regiment of Foot, The Royal Welch Fusiliers during the long years of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, a period that saw the regiment fight in northern Europe, Spain and Portugal and at Waterloo. [read full review]

Wellington's Highland Warriors, From the Black Watch Mutiny to the Battle of Waterloo, Stuart Reid. Starts with a detailed examination of the raising of the Highland regiments which sheds a valuable light on the changing status of the Highland aristocrats after the '45, before moving on to look at the role the regiments playing in India, Spain and at Waterloo [read full review]

British Cavalrymen: 1792-1815 , Philip Haythornthwaite, Richard hook, A well illustrated book with excellent information on cavalry training and tactics and engagements. The illustrations of formations are particularly useful to wargamers. [see more]

An Incomparable Project, T.E. Crowdy. Four essays that expand on Incomparable, a history of the 9th Light Infantry Regiment by the same author. Looks at the earliest version of the regiment of the Seven Years War, its immediate precursor, its first combat after the Revolution and its time as the 9th demi-brigade. [read full review]

Wellington's Guns: The Untold Story of Wellington and his artillery in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, Nick Lipscombe. Looks at one of the few neglected areas in the story of Wellington and his campaigns - the role of the artillery, its organisation, achievements, command structure and the difficult relationship with Wellington, a man who was generally admitted and respected rather than loved. An excellent detailed study that neatly fills this gap. [read full review]

Napoleon’s Infantry – French Line, Light and Foreign Regiments 1799-1815, Gabriele Esposito. Looks at the organisation, structure and uniforms of the French infantry units during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. Shows how the Royal army was transformed into the victorious Revolutionary Army with its demi-brigades and attitude of egality, then into Napoleon’s more traditional army, with its regiments, increasingly Imperial rather than Revolutionary insignia and new Imperial nobility (Read Full Review)

Napoleon’s Women Camp Followers, Terry Crowdy. A look at those women who were officially present with the French armies during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, focusing largely on the laundresses and the vivandiere or sutlers, who provided any supplies that weren’t part of the official ration. Based on a mix of official regulations, soldier’s memoirs and contemporary art works, this book paints an interesting picture of this key non-military element of the French army(Read Full Review)

The Anatomy of Glory - Napoleon and his Guard, Henry Lachouque & Anne S. K. Brown. A splendid study of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard, the most famous part of his military machine, taking us into their daily life as Napoleon’s favoured elite, and following its evolution from a small bodyguard for the Consuls into a massive army within an army, serving as the elite and the reserve of Napoleons army, and playing an increasingly important combat role as the wars turned against Napoleon. Follows the wars from the Guard’s point of view, so we get a fairly uncritical view of Napoleon, reflecting how they saw him.(Read Full Review)

Imperial Guardsman 1799-1815 , Richard hook, A beautifully illustrated book with some excellent colour plates and illustrations of equipment and men in action. A must for any figure collector or wargamer with a good deal of historical info on the French Elite formation of the Napoleonic wars

Napoleon's Guard Cavalry, Emir Bukhari This 48 page Osprey scratches the surface of a fascinating subject, that of the elite of Napoleons Cavalry. The book is full of some superb black and white plates and 9 pages of full colour plates of some fantastically colourful and diverse uniforms. [see more]

French Artillery and the Gribeauval System 1786-1815 Volume I: The Foot Artillery, Ludovic Letrun and Jean-Marie Mongin . Looks at the ever changing uniforms, the guns and the structure of the French Foot Artillery during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Allows one to trace the changing nature of the French regime, as reflected in its flags and uniforms, the changes in the artillery as the scale of the French armies increased, as well as providing very useful details on the actual guns themselves. [read full review]

The Cossacks 1799-1815, Laurence Spring. This detailed book looks at the famous Russian Cossacks during the period of the Napoleonic wars. History has given the Cossacks a very mixed reputation and this book helps dispel some of the myths. [see more]

Prussian Napoleonic Tactics 1792-1815, Peter Hofschröer. An examination of the organisation, tactics and battlefield effectiveness of the Prussian Army, from the early reasonably successful involvement in the Revolutionary Wars, through the crushing defeats at Jena and Auerstadt and on to the brief involvement in Russia in 1812, the War of Liberation and the final defeat of Napoleon. [read full review]