Otto von Pivka (the nom de plume of Digby Smith) wrote his first title for Osprey Publishing in 1972. He was a prolific author and former major in the British Army, who contributed many titles to the Men-at-Arms series on the armies and forces of the Napoleonic Wars. Michael Roffe is a talented painter of military subjects who has illustrated many books for Osprey over the years. His artistic talents span a variety of historical periods; he has illustrated titles relating to the Boer War, the English Civil War, the Napoleonic Wars and the American War for Independence.
