Posted by
Mike on November 10, 2008
Alejandro de Quesada is a Florida-based military history writer, an experienced researcher and collector of militaria, photos and documents and runs an archive as a secondary business.
He has written 12 books and over 50 articles, including Elite 137 The Mexican Revolution 1910–20 and Elite 161 The Us Home Front 1941-45. In 2009 Alejandro is set to publish another two books with Osprey. In January his book Elite 166 The Bay of Pigs is out. Later in the year he will turn his hand to the Warrior series with a book on Roosevelt's Rough Riders. When Alejandro and I went through these questions he also kindly provided me with this photo - of him in the Falklands between two Argentinian mess kitchens.
Email this
|
Technorati Links
|
Save to del.icio.us
|
Digg This!
|
Stumble It!
Permalink
|
Comments (1)
Posted by
Kate on October 23, 2008
This month sees the publication of our volume on the LRP Scout in Vietnam - a great book put together by Gordon Rottman, himself an LRP vet, and the artist Adam Hook. Unfortunately when the book printed one of the artwork plates has appeared as a mirror image of itself.
Email this
|
Technorati Links
|
Save to del.icio.us
|
Digg This!
|
Stumble It!
Permalink
|
Comments (0)
Posted by
on October 20, 2008
I read today that Steve Carell, of US Office, 40-Year-Old Virgin and Get Smart fame is to play Brigadier Gerard the fantastic hero of the short stories of Arthur Conan Doyle.
Email this
|
Technorati Links
|
Save to del.icio.us
|
Digg This!
|
Stumble It!
Permalink
|
Comments (2)
Posted by
Mike on September 30, 2008
I know it is really early to already be talking about Christmas and Christmas cards...but bear with me! Over the last couple of years we have sent out Christmas cards which feature some Osprey artwork on the front. But last year we ran into a problem. We had narrowed the choice of artwork for the card down to three snow-filled scenes. But we just couldn't decide which was the best. So, we threw caution to the winds and asked you to choose which piece of artwork to use. Then we tallied up the votes, drew a name out of a hat and selected one lucky blog reader who won 50 copies of the completed card.
Email this
|
Technorati Links
|
Save to del.icio.us
|
Digg This!
|
Stumble It!
Permalink
|
Comments (56)
Posted by
Phil on August 06, 2008
Given that the so-called ‘Wild West’ lasted a mere quarter of a century at best, it is, after World War II, perhaps the most-filmed period of history. Admittedly, the popularity of the western peaked early, and faded into relative obscurity by the 1980s, while other films maintained or grew in prominence (coming to a cinema near you: my rants about superhero movies…), no-one seemed to care for the classic western anymore. I can quite easily understand the reasoning for this – for a 25-odd year period, hundreds of stories had been crammed into it, probably totalling more runtime than the ‘wild west’ itself actually lasted, and moviegoers were fed up with a stale genre.
Email this
|
Technorati Links
|
Save to del.icio.us
|
Digg This!
|
Stumble It!
Permalink
|
Comments (2)
Posted by
Mike on July 29, 2008
Ross Laidlaw was born in Aberdeen and educated at The King’s School (founded 676 by St Etheldreda and refounded 1540 by Henry VIII) and Cambridge University where he read history. He worked and travelled extensively in Southern Africa, and on his return to Britain taught Geography and Science before becoming an archivist. Ross is a qualified archery instructor and currently lives in East Lothian...
Email this
|
Technorati Links
|
Save to del.icio.us
|
Digg This!
|
Stumble It!
Permalink
|
Comments (0)
Posted by
Mike on July 22, 2008
Nearly a month ago Osprey shipped me out to my first overseas event - A Weekend of Heroes 2008, which was held in Glendale California on the 21st and 22nd June. Now, I tend to go to most of the Osprey events in the UK - and have done over the last couple of years. I have already clocked up appearances at Salute and Who do you think you are? Live! and I am booked in to visit Military Odyssey and possibly Euro Mil this summer, so I am not new to doing events, but this was a bit of a departure for Osprey, and I was a bit nervous about the reception we were going to get.
Email this
|
Technorati Links
|
Save to del.icio.us
|
Digg This!
|
Stumble It!
Permalink
|
Comments (0)
Posted by
Joe on July 14, 2008
Napoleonic Prints for Sale!
Email this
|
Technorati Links
|
Save to del.icio.us
|
Digg This!
|
Stumble It!
Permalink
|
Comments (1)
Posted by
Richard on July 09, 2008
Those of you who have been to Historicon for the past three years will already have a t-shirt with Osprey artwork sitting in their drawer for very special occasion. But for those of you who haven’t we have been talking to Legacy of Valor, the collectibles people, about a new special clothing line. They have sent over some samples which several people in the office got very excited over...
Email this
|
Technorati Links
|
Save to del.icio.us
|
Digg This!
|
Stumble It!
Permalink
|
Comments (1)
Posted by
Phil on July 07, 2008
Recently, with one of my typical flights of fancy, I started to ponder on some of the military sayings and quotes that have achieved fame throughout history. My personal favourites are:
"The sun will never set on the British Empire – God does not trust the English in the dark" – Anon
Email this
|
Technorati Links
|
Save to del.icio.us
|
Digg This!
|
Stumble It!
Permalink
|
Comments (9)