Ronald Pawly was born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1956. His forté is research in the field of military portraiture. In 1998 he published his first major work, ‘The Red Lancers’. Ronald has written several books for Osprey, including Men-at-Arms 355: ‘Wellington's Belgian Allies 1815’, 378: ‘Napoleon's Guards of Honour’, and 389: ‘Napoleon’s Red Lancers’.Patrice Courcelle was born in northern France in 1950 and has been a professional illustrator for some 20 years. Entirely self-taught, he has illustrated many books and magazine articles for Continental publishers, and his work hangs in a number of public and private collections. His dramatic and lucid style has won him widespread admiration.

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