Forty-Four Months in the Alps: The Resistance of the Piedmontese Army Against Revolutionary France, 1792–1796...

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Enrico Ricchiardi

Forty-Four Months in the Alps

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The Resistance of the Piedmontese Army Against Revolutionary France, 1792–1796

Enrico Ricchiardi

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English

Helion & Company
01 April 2025

Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Napoleonic Wars

Series: From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815

The French Revolution threw Europe into chaos and forced the armies of the rest of Europe into crisis. Forty-Four Months in the Alps describes how the Piedmontese army reorganized to resist the tricolour tide that spread across the continent. Richly illustrated with 24 full-colour pages of contemporary artwork and new works by Emanuele Manfredi showing uniforms, flags, and weapons.

Forty-Four Months in the Alps is divided into three parts. Chapter 1 describes the difficult political situation of Victor Amadeus III of Savoy who was too closely related to Bourbon France, the inadequacy of an army that had last fired a shot in 1748, and the poor support provided by their Austrian allies. Chapter 2, drawing on Turin's archives, details how the army had to be reorganised to fight in the winter of 1793. To defend the length of the Alps between the County of Nice and the Aosta Valley with a small army was a difficult task. The Turin muster rolls provide valuable information on the units and the men who struggled against the odds. The Piedmontese units, uniforms, flags and weaponry are described and illustrated in detail. The third part, made up of Chapters 3-7, describes, year by year, the course of the war between 1792 and 1796 and suggests which sources to consult to delve into the individual episodes of the war.

AUTHOR: Enrico Ricchiardi from Turin, specialises in the history of the Piedmontese army, its flags and uniforms included. He is the author of numerous works and has compiled the historical part of the catalogue cards of the flag collections of the Royal Armoury and the National Artillery Museum of Turin. His exploration of muster rolls allowed him to publish the history of the military musicians of the Piedmontese army from 1680 to 1861 and of the Kingdom of Italy up to 1870.

5 b/w illustrations, 122 colour illustrations, 2 b/w maps, 5 tables

By: Enrico Ricchiardi
Imprint: Helion & Company
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 144
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 170mm,
ISBN: 9781804516775
ISBN 10: 1804516775
Series: From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Enrico Ricchiardi from Turin, specialises in the history of the Piedmontese army, its flags and uniforms included. He is the author of numerous works and has compiled the historical part of the catalogue cards of the flag collections of the Royal Armoury and the National Artillery Museum of Turin. His exploration of muster rolls allowed him to publish the history of the military musicians of the Piedmontese army from 1680 to 1861 and of the Kingdom of Italy up to 1870.

Reviews for Forty-Four Months in the Alps: The Resistance of the Piedmontese Army Against Revolutionary France, 1792–1796

[Forty-Four Months] revisits an episode now largely unknown during the French Revolutionary Wars. History has indeed focused on the first Italian campaign, led on the French side by an ambitious young general, Napoleon Bonaparte, while neglecting the operations conducted from September 1792 onwards, when the French invaded Savoy and Nice, possessions of the Kingdom of Sardinia, ruled by Victor Amadeus III. This 180-page booklet happily fills this gap. The Italian author offers a study of the Sardinian army, examining its organization, uniforms, and flags (with some thirty full-color plates) and its actions from 1792 to 1796, when the defeated Piedmontese troops were forced to definitively cede access across the Alps to the French. A remarkable work; all that remains is to find suitable miniatures... * Vae Victus Magazine No182 *