I'm excited to announce the impending publication of the first ever English edition of Carl von Clausewitz's "Feldzug von 1796 in Italien" - Napoleon's 1796 campaign in Italy.
More details here:
http://bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com/2018/01/first-ever-english-edition-of.html
Chris
Wow! What a labour of love that must have been. Just signed up for the newsletter
Quote from: Bernie on 12 January 2018, 08:18:42 AM
Wow! What a labour of love that must have been. Just signed up for the newsletter
"Addictions helpline, my name is Jenny, how can I help you?"
"Erm, well, I've got this thing about translating archaic 19th-century Prussian military history ..."
Thanks, Bernie. It's been a
lot of fun.
Chris
Good Show!
This will be very good news for the monglots, for whom relatively few foreign primary sources are available.
Update: now listed in UPK's catalog with a publication date of October, priced @ $19.95 pb / $45 hb.
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/subjects/history-european/978-0-7006-2675-5.html
(We are just finishing the index and correcting the proofs.)
Chris
Excellent! I will order a copy for me, and one for the university library.
:-bd :-bd
Ordered.
I am delighted to report that our annotated translation of Clausewitz's history of Napoleon's famous first campaign is now published:
https://www.amazon.com/Napoleons-1796-Italian-Campaign-Clausewitz/dp/0700626751/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1536769755&sr=1-1&keywords=murray+pringle&dpID=31oy%252Bsit5jL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch
Eminent historian Dr Robert Citino has kindly written this terrific endorsement of the book:
"Interested in Clausewitz but lack the stomach (and the Sitzfleisch) for On War? Here is the antidote, one of the Prussian sage's more snackable historical works. Napoleon's 1796 Italian Campaign has it all: flash campaign narrative, deep analysis, and snide remarks about Jomini. Murray and Pringle are erudite commentators and smooth translators. A volume for novice and expert alike." — Robert M. Citino, author of The Wehrmacht's Last Stand: The German Campaigns of 1944–1945.
I have also created a set of operational-level, stripped-down BBB scenarios to accompany the book. These offer another level of insight again. They can be found in the files of the BBB Yahoo group (albeit the last few not yet playtested):
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BBB_wargames/info
We hope you will enjoy our work.
Chris
Bloody Big BATTLES!
bloodybigbattles.blogspot.com
Nice one Chris.
It's on the UK site as well -
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Napoleons-1796-Italian-Campaign-Clausewitz/dp/070062676X/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537796895&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Napoleon%27s+1796+Italian+Campaign+chris+pringle
Congratulations Chris =D> =D> =D>
I ordered mine through the University of Kansas Press when it was first announced months ago. It arrived today and with a quick look through I am so far impressed. Lookijg forward to the read.
Two nice positive reviews now:
https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/napoleons-1796
https://www.strategypage.com/bookreviews/1757
What more excuse do you need? To (a) buy the book and (b) treat yourself to those French and Austrian armies from Pendraken's fine Revolutionary War range:
https://pendraken.co.uk/napoleonic/1792-1797-revolutionary-war/
Tarletons, phrygian caps, mirlitons - it has to be done!
Chris
My excuse is that I need it on the Kindle :'( :'( :'(
Duly ordered, don't know how I missed this frst time around
Almost finished reading it. Great book!
I like Clausewitz's analysis and the commentary by Colin. The authors' analysis is also interesting.
I will read it again more closely but with an atlas in hand.
Quote from: kipt on 29 January 2019, 05:18:21 PM
Almost finished reading it. Great book!
I like Clausewitz's analysis and the commentary by Colin. The authors' analysis is also interesting.
I will read it again more closely but with an atlas in hand.
Thanks, kipt, I'm really happy to hear you like the book so much. Yes, an atlas may help. Having read too many books where the maps don't show the places mentioned in the text, I vowed we would put everything on the maps in our book - but it just wasn't practical to fit in every tiny village. Best we could do was make sure the text explains where they are.
Quote from: Shedman on 29 January 2019, 01:52:56 PM
My excuse is that I need it on the Kindle :'( :'( :'(
Excuse accepted. Light duties for you, sir!
On the shopping list!