Hadrian\'s Wall at Osprey released

[mcbishop]

Picked up a copy in Newcastle today. If there is anything to say about it, it must be that it is very pricey by comparison with the English Heritage souvenir guide (which is also written by one of the acknowledged experts on the Wall) and I was distinctly unimpressed to see that the photos of Trajan's Column were straight lifts from Lepper & Frere's copies of the Cichorius plates (!), dots and all! If I were in Osprey's technical department I would be ashamed of these as it is a simple matter to digitally process screened halftones to turn them into acceptable images from which new halftones could be made. In fact, if I was the author, I'd have their guts for garters!<br>
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As for the colour reconstructions... hmmm...<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>