Michael Barthorp is a British historian and writer, specialising in military history and military uniforms. He lives in the Channel Islands.
Barthorp attended Wellington College and served in the Rifle Brigade as an officer during World War II. A career officer, Barthorp also served in the Royal Hampshire Regiment, Northamptonshire Regiment and Royal Anglian Regiment.
He is a member of the Victorian Military Society, and has contributed to their magaziine Soldiers of the Queen.
Bibliography[]
- (1979) Indian Infantry Regiments, 1860-1914, Osprey ISBN 0-85045-307-0
- (1979) To Face the Daring Māori. Hodder and Stoughton.
- (1982) British Military Uniforms Since 1660, Poole: New Orchard Editions, ISBN 1-85079-009-4
- (1982) The Jacobite Rebellions, 1689-1745, London: Osprey Publishing, ISBN 0-85045-432-8
- (1984) War on the Nile: Britain, Egypt and the Sudan, 1882-1898, London: Blandford Press
- (1987) The Anglo-Boer Wars, Blandford, ISBN 0-7137-1658-4
- (1989) The Old Contemptibles UK: Osprey Publishing ISBN 978-0-85045-898-5
- (1990) Wellington's Generals, UK: Osprey Publishing ISBN 978-0-85045-299-0
- (1992) Napoleon's Egyptian Campaigns, 1798–1801, UK: Osprey Publishing ISBN 978-0-85045-126-9
- (1994) The British Troops in the Indian Mutiny, 1857–59, UK: Osprey Publishing ISBN 978-1-85532-369-8
- (2000) Queen Victoria's Commanders, UK: Osprey Publishing ISBN 978-1-84176-054-4
- (2002) The Zulu War: Isandhlwana to Ulundi Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN 0-304-36270-0
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