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'''Philip J. Haythornthwaite''' [[FRHistS]] (born 1951) is an author and historical consultant specialising in [[military history]], uniforms, and equipment. While his main area of research is the [[Napoleonic Wars]], his list of publications covers a wider period from the [[English Civil War]] through to 1939.

==Works== Since 1973, Haythornthwaite has had over 80 books published, in addition to numerous articles and papers on military history. Much of this output through the publishers [[Orion Books]] and [[Osprey Publishing]], is directed at the popular market.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} His works ''The Armies of Wellington'' and ''Redcoats, The British Soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars'' as well as ''[[Thomas Picton|Picton]]’s Division at Waterloo'' are works of research.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}<ref>[https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/history/staff/charles-esdaile/ Professor Charles J. Esdaile, School of History, University of Liverpool]</ref>{{failed verification|date=December 2021}}

Other work includes Haythornthwaite preparation of new editions of several well-known [[Peninsular War]] memoirs: ''Life in Napoleon’s Army: the Memoirs of Captain Elzear Blaze'' ''In the Peninsula with a French Hussar: Memoirs of the War of the French in Spain''.

==Awards== Haythornthwaite is a Fellow of the [[Royal Historical Society]] and a Member of the British Commission for Military History.<ref>[http://royalhistsoc.org/ Royal Historical Society]</ref><ref>[http://www.bcmh.org.uk/British Commission for Military History]</ref> In 2015 he was awarded a ''Certificate in Recognition of Lifetime Achievement'' jointly by the BCMH and the Peninsular War 200 organisation.<ref>Peninsular War 200 was the official UK organisation for the commemoration of the Peninsular War - President : General Sir [[Nick Parker]]</ref>

==Select bibliography== '''Orion Books''' *{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Haythornthwaite|title=World Uniforms + Battles 1815-50|year=1976|publisher=Blandford Press|location=London|isbn=0-71370-776-3|author-mask=0}} *{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Haythornthwaite|title=British Infantry of the Napoleonic Wars|year=1987|publisher=Arms and Armour Press|location=London|isbn=0-85368-890-7|author-mask=0}} *{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Haythornthwaite|title=The Armies of Wellington|year=1994|publisher=Arms and Armour Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-86019-849-6|author-mask=0}} <br />''The Armies of Wellington'' is the most comprehensive account ever published of the effect of this one man on the British Army during the Napoleonic era. *{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Haythornthwaite|title=Weapons & Equipment of the Napoleonic Wars|year=1996|publisher=Arms and Armour Press|location=London|isbn=1-85409-495-5|author-mask=0}} *{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Haythornthwaite|title=Napoleonic Infantry:Weapons and Warfare|year=2001|publisher=Arms and Armour Press|location=London|isbn=0304355097|author-mask=0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/napoleonicinfant00hayt}} '''Osprey Publishing''' 35 titles between 1983 and 2016 *{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Haythornthwaite|title=MAA 141 Napoleon's Line Infantry|year=1983|publisher=Osprey Publishing|location=London|isbn=978-0-85045-512-0|author-mask=0}} *{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Haythornthwaite|title=ELI 215 British Light Infantry & Rifle Tactics of the Napoleonic Wars|year=2016|publisher=Osprey Publishing|location=London|isbn=978-1-4728-1606-1|author-mask=0}}

'''Pen & Sword Books''' *{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Haythornthwaite|title=In the Words of Napoleon |year=2002|publisher=Pen & Sword|location=London|isbn=978-1-85367-483-9|author-mask=0}} *{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Haythornthwaite|title=Redcoats: The British Soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars |year=2012|publisher=Pen & Sword|location=London|isbn=978-1844159581|author-mask=0}}<br />In this landmark book, Haythornthwaite traces the career of a British soldier from enlistment, through the key stages of his path through the military system, including combat, all the way to his eventual discharge. *{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Haythornthwaite|title=Picton's Division at Waterloo|year=2016|publisher=Pen & Sword|location=London|isbn=978-1781591024|author-mask=0}}<br />He concentrates on the famous [[5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|Fifth Division]], commanded by Sir [[Thomas Picton]], which was a key element in Wellington's Reserve. The experiences of this division form a microcosm of those of the entire army.

'''Other published works''' *{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Haythornthwaite|title=Uniforms of Waterloo in Color |year=1974|publisher=Hippocrene|location=USA|isbn=0-88254-283-4|author-mask=0}} *{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Haythornthwaite|title=Brassey's Almanac: The Peninsular War; The Complete Companion to the Iberian Campaigns, 1807&ndash;14|year=2004|publisher=Chrysalis Books Group|location=London|isbn=1-85753-329-1|author-mask=0}}

===Collaborations=== With Jack Cassin-Scott and John Fabb: *{{cite book|first=Philip|last=Haythornthwaite|title=Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars in Colour 1796-1814|year=1973|publisher=Blandford Press|location=London|isbn=978-0713705720|author-mask=0}}

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