British Army Uniforms from 1751 to 1783: Including the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence

I purchased this book and found it money well spent. I think the negative evaluations say more about the reviewers than the book they are reviewing. We like to think of military history in absolutes -- it was this way. And yet frequently, the best we can do is provide a good representation of what may have been accurate on a given day. Have not found a book, any book, where I did not find a technical error. On the other hand, this book provides good information that is very useful. Do I really think it is a5-star production, maybe not. On the other hand the negatives reviews do not do it justice either. Like I said, have been very satisfied and am glad I purchased it.

I have many books covering uniforms for this period. This is the best single volume reference that I have found. It includes descriptive text and detail drawing for specific equipment and clothing items, then goes regiment by regiment through the horse and foot units. Great color plates, including a pantone color guide for the facing/trim colors. A must-have for serious period modelers and historians.

This review is on the Kindle edition.This book would have merited five stars if not for dreadful proof-reading. To see this, and very clearly, look in the Glossary. Multiple entries, even on the first page, are run together. There are numerous examples of unclear language as well.The illustrations are plentiful. They could be larger, but that is what two-finger pinching is for. As seen on the cover, uniforms are shown in schematic form, as in the Funckens' <i>The Lace Wars</i>. They are excellent.The book seems to be a simple facsimile of the printed one. This leads to another irritation, in that the uniform and service details are often twenty of more pages from the plate to which they refer. This is because the details are provided in a block, with the main illustrations in another one. Not a great inconvenience in a printed book, where one can fold pages and compare one with the other. <b>VERY</b> inconvenient with a tablet, or even a PC.The illustrations in the body of the text are exceedingly small indeed. Printed across single pages, they do not transfer well to the ebook. I have no choice but to pinch on my 10 inch Fire. This produces a blurred, but intelligible, image.I have, despite my complaints here, no hesitation in recommending this book, But I would urge you to buy the print version. It will be much more useful.

This is the most precise book on British uniforms I have seen.The in depth breakdown of unit by unit uniforms is very detailed.If you are looking for historical reference or modeling infantry as I amof this time period. This is the book.

This book was awesome I am forever grateful. I cannot wait to really dive into this book thank you

This book is well done with great color images. Good for the miniature painter or living history buff. This book would pair well with any Osprey book on British uniforms.

The kindle version contains so many bells and whistles rendering a sheer pleasure to read. The research, detail, and thoroughness of the topic are of the highest quality.

I recieved te book today and I am pleased but ot thrilled. First I found a mistake just looking flipping the pages. The Marines were not a Royal Regiment until the 19th Century, this is not a mistake that anyone who knows their subject should make. Second some o the facing colors on the color plate are wrong based on orginal wool swatches. Now that could be a simple printing issue. Te goodis they do show details that I have never seen before. Te plates for the vaious Regiments are great and gove great information. The problem with the plates is that they make every Regiment look the same and that is simply not correct, but it is based on the 1768 warrat and is what they should have been. The book is worth getting for anyone interested in the subject