A Soldier of the Seventy-First, Joseph Sinclair, Frontline Books, 2010, 160 pp., £19.99

Based on the 1831 issue, this is a work well known from the abridged 1975 edition published by Leo Cooper. Shorter than two pages, Stuart Reid's introduction does not offer much, which is unfortunate as he is a good historian. However, there are also useful chapter notes that provide valuable additional information that place the text. Hopefully, comparable work can be produced for journals and correspondence that has never been published.