VERNER'S HISTORY OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE 1800-1813 (2 Volumes)

This is a masterly history, beautifully written and produced with a wealth of detail and excellent illustrations. This has to be the finest regimental history produced for the Peninsular War. Reprint of the original two-volume set in one volume. Colonel William Willoughby Cole Verner was born in 1852 and commissioned into The Rifle Brigade in 1874, retiring in 1904. He served on the staff in the Egyptian campaign of 1884-85 and during the Boer War. He died in 1922. This is a masterly volume, beautifully written and produced with a wealth of detail and excellent illustrations. This has to be the finest regimental history produced for Peninsular War. What a shame the author died before further volumes could be produced. Volume 1 has 220pp with 5 colour and 13 black and white plates and 12 tinted maps. Volume 2 has 560pp with 3 colour and 5 black and white plates and 14 tinted maps.