Last weekend I managed to go down to London for a day to visit my friend Ron Poulter and visit some book shops that I know, the books that I bought will have to be included in the next issue of E.D. as its a bit tight for space again. Ron showed me the books that he had managed to purchase over the months new and second-hand, I will not mention the second-hand books, but the new once might be of interest to some of you. The first is "Indian Revolts in Northern New Spain, 1680-1786", by Roberto Mario Salmon, pp156. hardback £ 29.95 or softback £ 14.95, obtainable from "The Eurospan Group", 3 Henrietta St. Covent Garden, London, WC2E 8LU, Tel. 071 240 0856, they also have a catalogue. While the University of New Mexico Press, 1720 Lomas Blvd. N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131-1591, U.S.A. have published these two works "Spanish Blue Coats; the Catalonian Volunteers in North - Western New Spain 1767 - 1810", by Joseph P. Sanchez. and "The Llanos Frontier in Colombian History 1830 - 1930", by Jane M.Rausch, pp416. 8 maps, 214 halftone plates, priced at $50.00. Plus a book that he bought which was near to his research "Mary English; A Friend of Bolivar", by Drusilla Scott, pub. Book Guild Ltd. 1.5 High St. Lewes Sussex. As a parting gift he gave me a review copy of "Gentlemans Sons" by Ian Fletcher and himself, this deals with the Guards [British] during the Peninsula and Waterloo Campaigns of 1808-1815, Ian and Ron have managed to produce not only a nice looking tome but also one that is very well researched on a subject that is often delegated to a chapter, if that, Ian uses contemporary descriptions of the various actions, campaign rigours and dress, his flowing text makes this an easy and enjoyable book to pick up and read, at any-time. The illustrations show the men on campaign rather than parade uniforms, again using various contemporary letters and portraits. It is 244 pages with 4 colour plates by Ron, 11 figs. in all, 7 colour plates of paintings and 75 black and white photos, plus 20 maps, published by Spellmount Ltd, Tunbridge Wells, at £ 25. Let's hope that Ron and Ian can persuade this publishing company to publish another title on Latin American History? Back to Table of Contents -- El Dorado Vol V No. 3 Back to El Dorado List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1993 by The South and Central American Military Historians Society This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history and related articles are available at http://www.magweb.com