Title: A Vague Account of a Minor Dynastic Skirmish
Product review: This is not one of the better of the Osprey Campaign series. The biggest weakness is the absence of detailed historical facts about the course of the 1485 Bosworth campaign, which encourages the author to extrapolate from a handful of facts. When the author depicts three possible different locations on the battle maps for the vital contingents of the Stanleys, it only serves to reinforce the vagueness of detail available on this battle. The actual fighting is covered in less than 10 pages out of 95. Furthermore, why a brief dynastic skirmish of a handful of Englishmen in the 15th Century merits a campaign title is never convincingly explained. There is very little actual detail throughout and this is further diminished by a writing style that moves at a sluggish pace. Information on order of battle and casualties is negligible. This is the kind of book that makes one want to read French, not English, history.
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