Sub-Roman Britain (Cavalry etc)

[Ron Andrea]

We know folks tend to get dirty and scruffy in the field, but Angus McBride probably wanted to show them to their best advantage. (Like those bird watching books, which always show examples with perfect plumage.) :wink:

"The Goths Crossing the Danube, AD 376" look dirty, but perhaps not cold enough.

I like McBride's artwork, but I suspect it (and the text) of being a bit idealized--beyond just giving his subjects and bath and combing their hair. (After all they must have used those combs for something.)

I ask about that book in this thread because Osprey published an book in 1984 Arthur and the Anglo-Saxon Wars. Author David Nicolle plows the same ground as RAT has since on the identity of [him who we must not name], but draws a pretty robust picture the shifting tides of nationalities and warfare through the sub-Roman Britain period. McBride's illustrations were, if anything, even more idealized in 1984 than 1996.