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Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars: Field Artillery, 1792-1815 (Napoleonic Library) Hardcover – July 19, 2015

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‘This must undoubtedly become the standard work for anyone interested in the artillery of the period.’ Waterloo Journal

In this detailed study Kevin Kiley looks at artillery in use throughout the Napoleonic period. He examines Napoleon's own artillery as well as that employed by his enemies, and he evaluates the gunners' contribution to warfare in the period. By looking at particular battles in detail, Kevin Kiley shows just how the effective employment of artillery could tip the scales of victory.

Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars reveals much of the technical aspects of gunnery during the period – how guns were placed, their range, what caliber's were preferred, how artillery operate. It examines French artillery, including that of the Imperial Guard, and compares it to that of Britain, Russia and Austria; it also looks at many of the personalities involved and the difference between good gunnery and mediocre artillery.

Illustrated with beautiful line drawings and rare contemporary plates this unique book reveals a whole new dimension to the Napoleonic period. Based on years of research into regulations of the period, eyewitness accounts of artillerymen and material culled from official reports, this is a definitive account.

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July 19, 2015
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6.1 x 1.3 x 9.3 inches
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1848328435
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978-1848328433
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Kevin F. Kiley is a retired US Marine Corps artillery officer. He is a graduate of West Point and has a master’s degree in Military History from Norwich University. He lives in North Carolina with his wife, Daisy, and his son, Michael.

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Publisher : Frontline Books (July 19, 2015)
Language : English
Hardcover : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 1848328435
ISBN-13 : 978-1848328433
Item Weight : 1.35 pounds
Dimensions : 6.1 x 1.3 x 9.3 inches

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Steve H

Very Good reference and well worth having.

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The Siege, Fortress and Naval Artillery is presented as very well and in as great a depth as Kevin Kiley did in earlier in his first volume covering the Field Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars. The period drawings drawings are very detailed many of which I personally have never seen before. These two books by far some of the best reference material on the market today.

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Louis A. Diaz

More color illustrations.

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2021

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What I disliked about the book is its lack of color illustrations. It was disappointing on that level, otherwise it's an Informative a book as you will, find in one book.

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Robin

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2017

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Excellent! What an excellent reference source..

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Jer&Sarah

Great read...

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2018

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Great read! Loads of technical information and plenty of extra "tid-bits" to chew on.

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George

Great read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 8, 2020

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Great book full of useful information

Javier Bermejo Galan

Interesting topic but poor execution

Reviewed in Germany on October 13, 2020

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It is surely an interesting topic and the book contains some information about it. However the book has many issues and the quality is poor compared to many other historical books that I've read:
- Lots of repetition! The same information appears several times, sometimes even sentences sound very similar a couple of pages later.
- Unstructured descriptions with much jumping in time (forward and backward in the same chapter) and many sentences were not clear about the period (e.g. 17th century or napoleonic era) being described.
- Pictures often don't support the description of the text. For sure, some nice original pictures, but the text doesn't mention them to explain better some concepts. I really have the impression, many pictures were added simply to make the book thicker (the same impression I have with several tables)
- Even if the title says "Napoleonic" the book contains information from 17th century to the napoleonic era. This could have an advantage (a way introduction), but often I had the impression that the author used more time describing the period before the napoleonic wars and the specific information was sometimes thin.
- Bad editing or lack of it. Probably some of the issues above would have been avoided by a better edition.
Some of this issues are also used to describe another book of this author (unfortunately I saw the review after reading this book), so I assume this is an issue with the books of this author.
Probably the best descriptions are contained in the appendix of the book ... what is funny is that most chapters in this appendix where directly copied from an contemporary artillery manual (i.e. not from this author).

David Stoll

Great book

Reviewed in Canada on May 16, 2019

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Very detailed on all aspects of siege warfare in this period. Has numerous tables on different artillery pieces and their performance as well as maps and graphs of siege works. Also explores the logistics around a siege and various considerations that need to be addressed to make an success.

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