Monday, February 25, 2008

Books on the French and Indian War

There used to be a time when there were only a few books you could find on the French and Indian War but now - there's loads of them - most annoying as I am not that mad on the period having had an overload of it in the 90s but I always have a flick through them when in a bookshop to see what is new and so forth. Newest was Highlander in the French-Indian War: 1756-67 (Warrior)
- pretty good - a not Osprey one that looked interesting was White Savage: William Johnson and the Invention of America by Fintan O'Toole - looked a good read. Empires Collide: The French and Indian War 1754-1763 is an Osprey greatest hits of the period with all the best colour plates from some of the best work but not worth getting unless you don't have any of the other F&I Ospreys.
Also there was British Light Infantryman of the Seven Year's War: North America 1757-63 - with excellent plates by Steve Noon who used the Corps of Light Infantry as models for his artwork (see left).