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Armoured Warfare in the Arab-Israeli Conflicts
The latest volume in Anthony Tucker-Jones’s series of books on armoured warfare in the Images of War series is a graphic account of the development of armoured forces in the Arab …
Who Were The Real Oliver Twists?
Nineteenth century laws and social institutions entirely failed to protect children born to poor and unstable families in Victorian London and other English cities. Charles …
SAS with the Maquis
On the night of 5/6 June 1944, D-Day, a Lockheed Hudson dropped a small group of parachutists into the mountainous Morvan area of central France. Their mission was to operate as an …
Infamous Sophie Dawes
A biography of the British woman who left behind life in a brothel to become a baroness in a French chateau, and perhaps a killer. She was the daughter of an alcoholic Isle of …
Salamanca 1812
1812 was the year in which the Peninsular War swung in the favor of the combined forces of the British, the Spanish and the Portuguese. This was the result of a series of victories …
The Three Battles of El Alamein
The 80th Anniversary of the historic final Battle of El Alamein is the ideal time to study the events leading up to General Bernard Montgomery's famous victory over Field Marshal …
Sex, Love and Marriage in the Elizabethan Age
Most people have always been interested in sex, love and marriage. Now, this entertaining and informative book explores the surprisingly varied and energetic sex and love lives of …
The Wars of Alexander's Successors 323–281 BC
When the dying Alexander the Great was asked to whom he bequeathed his vast empire, he supposedly replied to the strongest. There ensued a long series of struggles between his …
On Spartan Wings
Rarely has an air force gone into combat as poorly prepared and outgunned as the Royal Hellenic Air Force had to when Mussolini's Italy dragged Greece into war on 28 October 1940. …
Final Scrum
After the terrible losses of The Great War, twenty years later the Second World War resulted in the death of some of the finest sporting icons. This book honours the ninety …
Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England
The little-known lives of women who ruled, schemed, and made peace and war, between the seventh and eleventh centuries: "e;Meticulously researched."e; -Catherine Hanley, …