SYW: The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray The Cornet of Horse: A Tale of Marlborough's Wars By George Alfred Henty With Frederick the Great by G. A. Henty The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a humorous novel by Laurence Sterne...
Not up to the usual standard on this forum but nae mind, mix of plastics and metals for German Catholic: http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r221/cameronian/1_72/Cuir01_zps95dbdffd.jpg http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r221/cameronian/1_72/LInf01_zps0b7343d5.jpg Whole force on the blog thing.
Rather than assemble forces for the various disparate elements of the period, I took the easy option and imagined that James didn't leg it. Rather he gathered forces from all corners of his kingdom (Scots, Irish and English contingents) and awaited the arrival of Dutch William. Figures are 10mm Pend...
Confused the devil out of me that did, couldn't figure what Charlie Chaplin had to do with the Cameronians. Finally the penny dropped, it should be 'chaplain'. Indeed the cross most definitely has to go; in fact the plainer (tending toward severe) the paint job the better. Purple would hint at bisho...
"@ Cameronian - Not sure the point. Until 1707 the Kingdoms of England, Ireland and Scotland are precisely that, three separate entities hence the alternate name for the conflict of 1689/91 - The War of the Three Kingdoms - After 1707 it goes down to two and 1784 Ireland is subsumed which leads to t...
Only problem was the usual BBC talking head to whom the terms 'England' and 'Britain' are synonymous, e.g. ..."William and Mary were crowned King and Queen of England..." So much for 1603.
As has been said, it's more or less Corporal John or next to nowt. However, I've found these to be useful: Marlborough as Military Commander , David Chandler, Batsford 1973 & 1979. The Art of Warfare in the Age of Marlborough , David Chandler, Batsford 1976. Weapons and Equipment of the Marlborough ...