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Informationen zum Autor GABRIELE ESPOSITO is a professor of modern history, a freelance researcher and an author of military history books, specializing in uniformology. His interests range from ancient civilizations to modern postcolonial conflicts including 19th-century Italian, Spanish and Latin American wars. His books and essays have been published by Pen & Sword, Winged Hussar and Libreria Editrice Goriziana and he contributes to a variety of specialist military-history journals. He has written various titles for Osprey including MAA 499 Armies of the War of the Triple Alliance 1864–70 and MAA 541 Armies of the War of the Grand Alliance 1688 – 97. Giuseppe Rava was born in Faenza in 1963, and took an interest in all things military from an early age. Entirely self-taught, Giuseppe has established himself as a leading military history artist, and is inspired by the works of the great military artists, such as Detaille, Meissonier, Röchling, Lady Butler, Ottenfeld and Angus McBride. He lives and works in Italy. Klappentext In the 1840s, post-Napoleonic Italy was 'a geographical expression' - not a country, but a patchwork of states, divided between the Austrian-occupied north, and a Spanish-descended Bourbon monarchy, who ruled the south from Naples. Two decades later, it was a nation united under a single king and government, thanks largely to the efforts of the Kings of Sardinia and Piedmont, and the revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. This book, the first of a two-part series on the armies that fought in the Italian Wars of Unification, examines the Piedmontese and Neapolitan armies that fought in the north and south of the peninsula. Illustrated with prints, early photos and detailed commissioned artwork, this book explores the history, organization, and appearance of the armies that fought to unite the Italian peninsula under one flag.An examination of the extremely varied Italian forces that fought in the wars to create an independent unified nation. It will appeal to modellers and all those interested in 19th-century European military history. Zusammenfassung In the 1840s! post-Napoleonic Italy was 'a geographical expression' - not a country! but a patchwork of states! divided between the Austrian-occupied north! and a Spanish-descended Bourbon monarchy! who ruled the south from Naples. Two decades later! it was a nation united under a single king and government! thanks largely to the efforts of the Kings of Sardinia and Piedmont! and the revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. This book! the first of a two-part series on the armies that fought in the Italian Wars of Unification! examines the Piedmontese and Neapolitan armies that fought in the north and south of the peninsula. Illustrated with prints! early photos and detailed commissioned artwork! this book explores the history! organization! and appearance of the armies that fought to unite the Italian peninsula under one flag. ...
