'The Guard Gives!'
The Imperial Guard, this glorious phalanx, the fruit of all the
attention of the Emperor Napoleon I, forms a small army in the Grande
Armée. This study of its organization, like that of its uniforms and its
equipment, is here completed to the finest degree.
Volume 2 explores the centaurs of the Cavalry of the Guard. This
practical, small, precise, clear, logical and visual tool, a true vade
mecum for amateurs of imperial history, is intended for enthusiasts of
imperial history and figures. This book is the new version that has been
completely redesigned, revised, amended and widely expanded - it
contains nearly 50% new characters from the book published several years
ago. On 176 pages, nearly a thousand drawings develop the purpose of
these two specialists of the period. In Volume 2 André Jouineau and
Jean-Marie Mongin present the general colonels, horse hunters,
Mamelukes, dragons, grenadiers on horseback, lancers, tartars, guides,
artillery train, and other artillerymen on horseback. In 176 pages there
are nearly 1,000 drawings illustrating the centaurs of the Guard.