The Loose Association of Wargamers

Is it as complicated as it looks?

in places. But it was quite thoughtful and well structured

Book 8 The Campaigns of Napoleon by David Chandler. First published in 1962 and still the best single volume on the subject.

Ilkley Old School wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2020 7:55 am Book 8 The Campaigns of Napoleon by David Chandler. First published in 1962 and still the best single volume on the subject.

Brilliant book

on my 10 book list!

All my early historical reading as a teen was Chandler and Haythornthwaite
I remember raiding Hay-on-Wye when you could get big hardbacks second hand for £2 and coming home with an absolute stack full.

Same here, I don't think I ever came away from Hay without less than 20 books!

Ahhhh I used to come away from Hay with 3 or 4 books only. But then everytime I went I took up to a hundred with me to sell. Neighbour did scaffolding and had a house to reroof, found boxes of US editions of sci fi stuff and gave them to me as he knew I read. 90% of it was stuff that never had a uk publication, so I sold on the dross.

Hay was a net profit day for me then, even after grabbing books.

My mother used to live close to Hay so I was a regular visitor. I got some great bargains however I did notice that with the advent of the internet and abebooks prices went up.