Libraire Académique Perrin Thoroughly useful summary of the careers, family and other bits and bobs of all the Marshals of France from Albert Clement (1190) to Koenig (1984). The rank of Marshal has passed through the houses of Capet, Valois, Orleans, Bourbon, Bonaparte, Bourbon, Orleans and Bonaparte, and then through five Republics. It is an excellent example of the French Exception (no tidy consistency here). We meet characters like Trivulzio, many Montmorencies, the Napoleonic commanders who became Marshals later. Men whose homes were Ireland, Livonia, India, Italy and many other places rose to this splendid rank. Although the text is in French I doubt that would delay many of you. It is not often one encounters a book of use to most periods - but this is such a book. Each biography includes a useful bibliography. Costs about £14. Old Duffer's Book Corner Book Reviews The Punic Wars The Northern Wars 1558-1721 1688: A Global History Richelieu And Olivares Warfare At Sea 1500-1650 Louis XIV The Renaissance At War The Great War and Modern Memory Battles of the Greek And Roman Worlds Histoire Militaire des Guerres Puniques Dictionnaire des Maréchaux de France The War The Infantry Knew 1914-1919 The Great War The Byzantine Wars The French Civil Wars The Somme The Myth of the Great War The Wars Of The Ancient Greeks Histoire de l'armée française de 1914 à nos jours To The Last Man: Spring 1918 Flodden 1513 Verdun 1916 The Mediterranean In The Ancient World The National Army Museum Book Of The Boer War La Bataille d'Abbeville Soldier Sahibs The Celtic Empire The Imperial War Museum Book of 1918 War And The World: Military Power And The Fate of Continents Back to Perfidious Albion #103 Table of Contents Back to Perfidious Albion List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by Charles and Teresa Vasey. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com