Description: Fit to Command brings the battalion and regimental commanders of the British army in the period 1793-1815 into sharp focus and enables the reader to see their progression - how field officers of Wellington's victorious Peninsula army were dramatically better equipped for their roles than their earlier counterparts in Flanders in 1793.
Brief description: Author STEVE BROWN has an interest in Napoleonic studies dating back to his teenage years; he has amassed a collection of about 2,000 volumes on the subject, with a particular focus on the British Army. Since 2009 has been a frequent contributor to the Napoleon Series, his main contribution being the highly-regarded British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them series, as well as a book reviewer. In 2015 he presented at the Waterloo 200 conference of the Royal Australian Historical Society.