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Osprey Publishing is a British publishing company specializing in military history formerly based in Oxford.Predominantly an illustrated publisher, many of their books contain full-colour artwork plates, maps and photographs, and the company produces over a dozen ongoing series, each focusing on a specific aspect of the history of warfare.
A mutual colleague introduced him to a historian working for Osprey Publishing, who turned out to want someone to write a book about Peter the Great's Army. [2] The result was two small (15,000-word) books which first appeared in 1993 – the first easily accessible account of the foundation of the Russian army to appear in English.
He has published many books dealing with modern military technology, and especially Soviet and CIS tanks and armoured warfare. He is a senior analyst at the Teal Group. [2] [3] He is also a noted scale armor modeler and is a host/moderator of the World War II Allied Discussion group at Missing-Lynx.com, a modelling website. [4]
Consequently, Chappell gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator, having written and illustrated over 100 books, many for Osprey Publishing. [3] A number of his original artworks are held in the Glenn Christodoulou Collection.
Adkin, Mark (2001). The Waterloo Companion: The Complete Guide to History's Most Famous Land Battle.London: Aurum Press. ISBN 978-1854107640.; Ayrton, Michael; Taylor ...
Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85532-158-8. Pittock, Murray (1998). Jacobitism (British History in Perspective). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0312213060. Reid, Stuart (1996). 1745, A Military History of the Last Jacobite Rising. Sarpedon. ISBN 978-1-885119-28-5. Reid, Stuart (1997). Highland Clansman 1689–1746. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1 ...
As England's economy again suffered in the 1970s, McBride moved with his family back to Cape Town, and continued to work with British and American publishers. He continued to do realistic, historical illustrations for Osprey Publishing, as well as other such work for other military-history publishers (Concord publications, Blandford Press, etc.).
It was designed by Richard Bodley Scott and published by Slitherine Software and Osprey Publishing. [3] [4] The release of the game and two companion books (Rise of Rome and Storm of Arrows) were announced on December 20, 2007, for February 2008. [5] A third edition was released on October 17, 2017. [3]