Sanders was also the main character of Nimier's previous novel, Les Épées from 1948.

[1] The Blue Hussar was published in English in 1952 translated by John Russell and Anhony Rhodes (publ.

[3] Frank Alberts of The Saturday Review wrote that the book "will come as a blessed relief to readers fatigued by the leaden tones of much recent American war fiction.

Nimier writes easily, has a gift for keeping his story on the move, and shows maturity in refusing to allow his ideas more space than they really deserve."

In a 1952 article for Les Temps modernes, the journalist Bernard Frank tried to define the movement and its extent.