Century War Book

[Mark F. Jenkins]

I've bumped into "The Century War Book" for sale a few places (Amazon, e-bay, etc.) and while I'm not really interested in buying it, I'm curious: is it some sort of abridgment or condensed version of Battles and Leaders?

 

[AndyHall]

I have it; it's a condensation of those.

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

Any new/different illustrations? Or selected from B&L?

 

[AndyHall]

I haven't compared them side-by side, to be honest. I picked it up mainly for the images, as I'm always on the lookout for that sort of thing.

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

No worries. Most likely "highlights" or "best of."

 

[Eric Wittenberg]

No worries. Most likely "highlights" or "best of."

That's precisely what they are, Mark. If you have the four volume set, then you have everything that's in this single volume "greatest hits" package.

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

Great, thanks for the confirmation.

I guess Ned Bradford wasn't the first to abridge them, huh?

(The abridgments clip out most of the naval stuff, anyway... hence the four-volume version on my shelf )