DAVID HOLLINS banging the Austrian drum

Many people looking to find out more about the soldiers who fought for the Austrian Empire in the 1792-1815 period will have turned to David Hollins' excellent Osprey books, the result of his fascination with a Vienna-minded perspective often overlooked by those in the English-speaking world. Here David has been talking through his approach; offering more insights into how the Austrians differed from the rest in their military and political structures; explaining how he went about researching the battles the Austrians fought and the soldiers who fought them; and picking out which Austrian victory was the most underrated in the period.