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Author:  D.S. Walter [ Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Alain Pigeard
Seems to have written several books on the French army recently. Anyone know the guy? Are the books any good? Readable? Thanks.

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D.S. "Green Horse" Walter, Maréchal d'Empire
Duc des Pyramides, Comte de Normandie
Commandant la [url="http://home.arcor.de/dierk_Walter/NWC/3_VI_AdR_Home.htm"]3e Division Bavaroise[/url], L'Armée du Rhin
Commandant [url="http://home.arcor.de/dierk_Walter/NWC/EdM_start.htm"]L'Ecole de Mars[/url], L'Armée du Rhin
Commandant des Grenadiers à Pied de la Vieille Garde, "les Grognards"
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Author:  David Guegan [ Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:43 am ]
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Yes, he wrote a few books on the French Army including 2 dictionaries (Dictionnaire de la Grande Armée and Dictionnaire des batailles de Napoléon).

<font color="green"> <b>Général de Division David Guégan Comte de Toulon, Duc de Nimes</b>
Co 11eme division
III Corps, AdN
Co Division d'Infanterie de la Jeune Garde, Garde Impériale

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Author:  D.S. Walter [ Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:13 am ]
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by davidguegan</i>
<br />Yes, he wrote a few books on the French Army including 2 dictionaries (Dictionnaire de la Grande Armée and Dictionnaire des batailles de Napoléon).

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Right. Well, what do you think of them?

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D.S. "Green Horse" Walter, Maréchal d'Empire
Duc des Pyramides, Comte de Normandie
Commandant la [url="http://home.arcor.de/dierk_Walter/NWC/3_VI_AdR_Home.htm"]3e Division Bavaroise[/url], L'Armée du Rhin
Commandant [url="http://home.arcor.de/dierk_Walter/NWC/EdM_start.htm"]L'Ecole de Mars[/url], L'Armée du Rhin
Commandant des Grenadiers à Pied de la Vieille Garde, "les Grognards"
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Author:  David Guegan [ Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:13 pm ]
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I didn't have a chance to read the dictionaries but I did read La Grande Armee and it was a good reading but of course I don't know what you are looking for.



<font color="green"> <b>Général de Division David Guégan Comte de Toulon, Duc de Nimes</b>
Co 11eme division
III Corps, AdN
Co Division d'Infanterie de la Jeune Garde, Garde Impériale

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Author:  D.S. Walter [ Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:22 pm ]
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by davidguegan</i>
<br />I didn't have a chance to read the dictionaries but I did read La Grande Armee and it was a good reading but of course I don't know what you are looking for.
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Simply if these are well-researched, informative, reasonably well-written books. I hate buying books that disappoint me, so I usually go with recommendations. It was his new (2005) book on the Guard that attracted my interest, and I thought that someone might know his older books and would recommend them--or not. Thanks.

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D.S. "Green Horse" Walter, Maréchal d'Empire
Duc des Pyramides, Comte de Normandie
Commandant la [url="http://home.arcor.de/dierk_Walter/NWC/3_VI_AdR_Home.htm"]3e Division Bavaroise[/url], L'Armée du Rhin
Commandant [url="http://home.arcor.de/dierk_Walter/NWC/EdM_start.htm"]L'Ecole de Mars[/url], L'Armée du Rhin
Commandant des Grenadiers à Pied de la Vieille Garde, "les Grognards"
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Author:  David Guegan [ Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:43 am ]
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He is a serious guy. The napoleonic era is his main subject of interest.

You cam look at the review from www.napoleon.org about it:

http://www.napoleon.org/fr/magazine/vie ... r_2005.asp

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Résumé : Corps d'élite par excellence, la Garde impériale fascine. Ayant très peu fait l'objet d'une étude approfondie c'est chose faite aujourd'hui.

A travers 48 chapitres Alain Pigeard, l'un des principaux spécialistes français d'histoire militaire napoléonienne, étudie minitueusement chacune des unités composant la Garde.
On y découvre ainsi leur formation historique, leur composition, leur organisation sans oublier de les suivre dans les plus grandes campagnes.

Le texte est largement complété par de très nombreuses notes, annexes et illustrations, dont un cahier central en couleurs pour mieux appréhender les différents uniformes.
Un ouvrage essentiel pour tous les passionnés de militaria du Premier Empire.
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<font color="green"> <b>Général de Division David Guégan Comte de Toulon, Duc de Nimes</b>
Co 11eme division
III Corps, AdN
Co Division d'Infanterie de la Jeune Garde, Garde Impériale

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http://home.earthlink.net/~davidguegan/</font id="green">
Author:  D.S. Walter [ Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:14 am ]
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Thank you--that was very helpful. [:)]
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