Born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Paul L. Dawson received his undergraduate degree in archaeology from Bradford University and his master of arts by research from Leeds University. Since 1998, he had written or co-authored over forty books, primarily on the French Army of the Napoleonic Wars and the history of his home city. As well as an author, he is an accomplished horseman and classical riding instructor, as well as musician and Unitarian lay minister serving communities across West and South Yorkshire.
In 1985 Keith Rocco was proclaimed by the French magazine Uniformes, as an “artist in the tradition of Remington and Detaille.” Working with Paul Dawson, as well as his own personal collection of Napoleonic artifacts and research materials, Rocco has created nearly 80 new illustrations of French soldiers in 1815 for this series using the latest archival information on uniforms and equipment plus portraits of some of the men who fought in this pivotal campaign.