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Guards Brigade in the Crimea
The Guards Brigade consisted of three battalions, the 3rd Grenadier Guards, 1st Coldstream Guards and 1st Scottish Fusilier Guards (as the Scots Guards were then known).The book …
Hitler's Artillery 1939-1945
Hitler's Artillery 1939 – 1945 is a highly illustrated record of the firepower of the German war machine between 1939 – 1945. Many of the photographs, all from the author's …
Royal Childbirth in the Middle Ages
In 1441, Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester, was convicted of trying to bring about King Henry VI`s death through witchcraft. Her defence was that she had simply tried to become …
Luftwaffe Aces in the Battle of Britain
"e;An extraordinary analysis of the 'scores' chalked up by individual fighter pilots serving in the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain. So much detail!"e; -Books …
Brutus of Troy
The book covers the story of Britains search for its identity before and after the arrival of Christianity, leading up to the invention of the seeds of the Brutus myth in the 600s …
Omdurman
A you-are-there account of the 19th-century battle against the army of Abdullah al-Taashi that established British dominance in the Sudan. The death of General Gordon in Khartoum …
Decline and Fall of Napoleon's Empire
In this wide-ranging study of the Napoleonic regime, Digby Smith tracks Napoleon’s rise to power, his stewardship of France from 1804–15, and his exile. He highlights his military …
Real Falstaff
This historical study examines the life and military accomplishments of the medieval knight who inspired one of Shakespeare's most beloved characters. One of the most famous …
Roman Conquests: Macedonia and Greece
The acclaimed ancient world historian presents an accessible and authoritative account of the Macedonian Wars of the 3rd century, BCE. While the Roman Republic was struggling for …
Nelson's Mediterranean Command
In 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte, who was all but Master of Europe, assembled a formidable expeditionary force at Toulon. While its purpose was unknown there was every reason to believe …
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, British Empire, Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a …
Roberts & Kitchener in South Africa, 1900-1902
The British Army was shocked by three military defeats in a week in South Africa in late 1899. The commanding General Sir Redvers Buller lost his nerve. Something must be done was …