Dancing into Battle - A Social History of the Battle of Waterloo (Foulkes Nicholas)(Paperback / softback)

A Brief History of Britain 1066 - 1485 (Vincent Nicholas)(Paperback)

From the Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Bosworth Field, Nicholas Vincent tells the story of how Britain was born. When William, Duke of Normandy, killed King Harold and seized the throne of England, England's language, culture, politics and law were transformed. Over the next four hundred

Waterloo: The French Perspective (Field Andrew W.)(Paperback)

The story of the Battle of Waterloo - of the ultimate defeat of Napoleon and the French, the triumph of Wellington, Bl cher and their allied armies - is most often told from the viewpoint of the victors, not the vanquished. Even after 200 years of intensive research and the publication of hundreds

Waterloo Battlefield Guide (Buttery David)(Paperback)

An extremely comprehensive and vivid reconstruction of the battle of Waterloo. For anyone interested in both the battle itself and those touring the site, this book is an

Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: From Marathon to Waterloo (Creasy Edward S.)(Paperback)

Undoubtedly the most famous work of military history of the nineteenth century, Edward S. Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World has been read and re-read for close to 150 years. It is not only the authoritative account of each battle that makes Creasy's work such a classic-it is his

Walking Waterloo: A Guide (Esdaile Charles J.)(Paperback)

Charles Esdaile's new guide to the Battle of Waterloo presents the experience of the soldiers who took part in the battle in the most graphic and direct way possible - through their own words. In a series of walks he describes in vivid detail what happened in each location on 18 June 1815 and he

Waterloo - The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles (Cornwell Bernard)(Paperback / softback)

The Sunday TimesNumber 1 Bestseller 'A fabulous story, superbly told ... cannot be bettered' Max Hastings 'Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost

Trafalgar - The Biography of a Battle (Adkins Roy)(Paperback / softback)

* A superbly researched, gripping account of the most important naval battle in British history, which thwarted Napoleon at sea and created a national hero in

Waterloo 1815: Wavre, Plancenoit and the Race to Paris (Hofschroer Peter)(Paperback)

Histories of the Waterloo campaign and tours of the battlefield generally concentrate on the battle between the armies of Napoleon and Wellington - the role of Blucher's Prussians is left in the background. Peter Hofschoer's fascinating account focuses on the Prussians at the Battle of Waterloo and

Battle of Britain (Conyers Nesbit Roy)(Paperback / softback)

The greatest air battle in history was fought in the skies over southern England between the RAF and the Luftwaffe in the high summer of 1940.Riding high on the success of their Blitzkrieg campaign that had steamrollered France and the Low Countries into defeat, by June 1940 the Nazi forces were

The Battle for Norway, 1940-1942 (Grehan John)(Paperback)

The first full collection of dispatch reports, giving new insight into the Battle of Narvik.Dispatches in this volume include that on the first and second battles of Narvik in 1940; the dispatch on operations in central Norway 1940, by Lieutenant General H.R.S. Massy, Commander-in-Chief, North West

Hard Nuts of History: Wars and Battles (Turner Tracey)(Paperback / softback)

Oda Nobunaga: The Battle of Okehazama (Paterson Les)(Paperback)

The Battle of Okehazama put Oda Nobunaga on the world stage forever changed Japanese history. His victory over Imagawa Yoshimoto against impossible odds were more staggering. Being outnumbered almost twelve to one Nobunaga had no choice but to launch a surprise attack against the mighty Imagawa

Hannibal: Fields of Blood (Kane Ben)(Paperback / softback)

The killing fields of Cannae provide the setting for one of the bloodiest battles in history. The battle will go down in history as one of the bloodiest ever fought, a battle in which Hanno knows he must fight as never before - just to stay

Battle of Hastings: Classic Histories Series (Bradbury Jim)(Paperback / softback)

The Battle of Hastings is arguably the best-known and perhaps the most significant battle in English history. Its effects were deeply felt at the time, causing a lasting shift in cultural identity and national pride. In this detailed and engaging account, Jim Bradbury places the 1066 battle in its

Guillemont: Somme (Stedman Michael)(Paperback)

The battle for Guillemont raged throughout August 1916. Like so many of the battles into which the 'Big Push' degenerated, the struggle centred around a wood, Trones, and a heavily fortified village. It was in this battle that Noel Chavasse won the first of his two

M48 Patton: American Cold War Battle Tank (Griffin Robert)(Paperback)

Detailed, highly illustrated history of the M48 Patton main battle tank.The M48 Patton main battle tank was one of the most successful and longest-serving designs produced in the United States, and it is a popular subject with tank modelers and enthusiasts. When it came into service in 1949 it

1066: A Guide to the Battles and the Campaigns (Livingston Michael)(Paperback)

The Battle of Hastings, fought on 14 October 1066, changed the course of English history. This most famous moment of the Norman Conquest was recorded in graphic detail in the threads of the Bayeux Tapestry, providing a priceless glimpse into a brutal conflict.In this fresh look at the battle and

False Lights (Whittaker K. J.)(Paperback)

Imagine that Buonaparte, instead of Wellington, had won the Battle of Waterloo and that his ex-wife Empress Josephine is presiding over French-occupied

Rising '44 - The Battle for Warsaw (Davies Norman)(Paperback / softback)

The story of the Warsaw Rising from the the leading British authority on the history of

War - A History in 100 Battles (Overy Richard)(Paperback / softback)

The object of this book is to introduce readers to a whole range of military history which has all the drama, dangers, horrors and excitement that we associate with Stalingrad or the Somme. Battles are acute moments of history whenever and wherever they have been fought. Through them we can

Last Battle - Endgame on the Western Front, 1918 (Hart Peter)(Paperback / softback)

The only history of the last months of World War One: out in paperback for the

Bosworth 1485 - Psychology of a Battle (Jones Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The historic battle upon which the future of England, as we know it,

Decisive Battles of the English Civil War (Wanklyn Malcolm)(Paperback / softback)

In this stimulating and original investigation of the decisive battles of the English Civil War, Malcolm Wanklyn reassesses what actually happened on the battlefield and as a result sheds new light on the causes of the eventual defeat of Charles I. Taking each major battle in turn - Edgehill,

Battle of the Undersea Kingdom (Zucker Jonny)(Paperback / softback)