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Henry V: A History of His Most Important Places and Events
There are many books about King Henry V, several of which concentrate entirely on his victory at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. This one looks at his life from a different point …
The Attack on Troy
3300 years ago Agamemnon, king of Mycenae in Greece, attacked the city of Troy in western Anatolia. The bloody siege that followed gave rise to one of the most famous legends of …
The Sweating Sickness Epidemic
Among the array of diseases which brought death to Tudor England, the sweating sickness stood out, for the speed with which it struck, its dreadful effects on its victims and the …
In A Flanders Field
Written neither as a conventional biography or battalion history, this work centres on the remarkable life of Joe Waite, a boy soldier of the Great War. Though, in telling his …
With Recce at Arnhem
Determined to 'do his bit' Des Evans absconded from a reserved occupation and joined the newly formed Reconnaissance Corps. He saw action in North Africa and Italy before being …
3rd Air Division 8th Air Force USAF 1942-45
A history and guide to the historic British airfields where American bombers had to be ready to go at a moment's notice-includes photos. A magnificent centuries-old house in …
Eastern Front
The ferocious battles for survival fought by trapped German forces in Russia have become synonymous with that most terrible of all military campaigns. shortly after the war the …
Queens of Georgian Britian
Once upon a time there were four kings called George who, thanks to a quirk of fate, ruled Great Britain for over a century. Hailing from Germany, these occasionally mad, bad and …
Invasion '44
A history of the pivotal World War II invasion, from its planning to the landings on the fateful day and the days that followed. In the pre-dawn darkness of 6 June 1944, the …
Home Front in the Great War
In an overdue attempt to portray the real effect of the war on life at home, David Bilton examines all the major events of the period and charts their effect on everyday life for …
The Roman Wars in Spain
It took the Romans almost exactly 200 years to conquer the Iberian Peninsula (modern Spain and Portugal). The skillful and tenacious resistance of the various inhabitants, …