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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, …
Poland's Struggle
A historian's account of the experience of Poland's people and its military before, during, and after World War II-from 1918 to 1991. Poland was re-created as an independent …
Napoleon's Light Infantry and Artillery
This groundbreaking book offers a detailed exploration of the dress of the thirty-seven regiments of Light Infantry and other support troops in Napoleon's Grande Armée, including …
Somme Campaign
The five and a half month long Somme campaign in the summer and autumn of 1916 was a defining moment in the history of the British Army. From the disastrous opening day on 1 July …
The Real Falstaff
‘That trunk of humours, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swolen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag of guts, that roasted Manningtree-ox …
Walking D-Day
Paul Reed’s latest battlefield walking guide covers the site of the largest amphibious invasion of all time, the first step in the Allied liberation of France and the rest of …
Napoleonic 'Dad's Army'
During the crisis year of 1792 when war against France was at its closest, a variety of societies and associations of 'Loyal Britons' were set up throughout Britain. Their aim was …
Cataclysm 90 BC
We are accustomed to think of the late Republic as a period in which Rome enjoyed almost uninterrupted military success against foreign enemies. Yet at the start of the first …
American Sharpe
Sharpe and his adventures has made the 95th Foot renowned again and the discovery of an unpublished diary by an American from Charleston South Carolina who served, despite his …
Harrogate Terriers
General Haig accused the Yorkshire Territorials of being ˜too sleep" to fight well on the Somme, but the 1/5th Battalion proved him wrong. Mainly drawn from Harrogate, York, Ripon …
Beyond the Dams to the Tirpitz
First published to acclaim in 1983, this book is set to impact upon the book-buying public, eager for accounts of this period of World War history. Relaying the later operations of …