Bayonets For Hire: Mercenaries at War, 1550-1789

An exploration of the changing role of mercenaries in early modern Europe from the Wars of Religion to the French Revolution—"A fascinating scholarly work" (Stuart Asquith).

"Urban gives a careful and highly readable survey of the highways and byways of18th century warfare, with an enjoyable and arresting emphasis on the individual's experience of war." —John France

From the Greek professional armies of Alexander, through the Hundred Years War, to today, mercenaries have been ever-present, th...