05-14-2008, 06:41 PM
Quote:Maybe that is why in Nic Fields' Roman Auxiliary Cavalryman AD 14–193(Warrior 101) there are colour plates of soldiers wearing third century helmets?!
I suspect a rush job. I am amazed at how many titles N. Fields has written for Osprey over the last few years: LOTS! I couldn't work at his rate.
For skinny wee books, you'd think they'd be easy to write, but the plates process takes up most of the time and means the text is always completed in a rush. Hence the errors that creep in. And by the time you complete the text, you realise there are problems with the plate designs, but it's too late!
Quote:Otherwise I think the other Osprey books by RAT's Duncan and Ross are damned good because they deal with specialist aspects of the Roman army and you would be hard pushed to find any other titles which deal with those same subjects in such a concise and handy format.
Many thanks, Graham! I'm looking forward to your forthcoming book on Roman clothing (Tempus).
Cheers,
R
