Accuracy of osprey books

[Sean Manning]

As the author of three books published by Osprey, I would like to think they are accurate.

Unfortunately, you did not write all books... :wink:

But there are plenty of reliable books on ancient warfare from Osprey, e.g. titles by Duncan B. Campbell, Boris Rankov, Graham Sumner, etc., but any Osprey author will admit that the publisher is more interested in colourful and dramatic plates than the text.

Cheers,

R

But the existence of Ospreys so bad that they spread ignorance, not knowledge, taints them as a class. None of us is saying that all Ospreys are bad, but enough are that you can't recommend them as a class. Folks like you or David Niccole are honest enough to write only about what you are knowlegeable about, but many of their authors and illustrators aren't so scrupulous!