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

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

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,

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

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

Mediterranean Naval Battles That Changed the World (Russell Quentin)(Pevná vazba)

Focusing on seven decisive naval engagements from the Greek defeat of the Persians at Salamis in the fifth century BC to the Siege of Malta during the Second World War, this book tells the story of the Mediterranean as a theater of war at sea. Each of these fiercely fought battles was to change the

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

Essential Eight Decisive Battles of the Civil War (Walsh Richard)(Paperback / softback)

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

Rage of Ares (Cameron Christian)(Paperback)

Arimnestos of Plataea was one of the heroes of the Battle of Marathon, in which the heroic Greeks halted the invading Persians in their tracks, and fought in the equally celebrated naval battle at Salamis. But even these stunning victories only served to buy the Greeks time, as the Persians

The Battle for Burma, 1942-1945 (Jowett Philip)(Paperback)

A visual record of all the armies involved in the Battle for Burma during the Second World War from the British, American, Chinese, Indian, Burmese Tribal forces as well as the Japanese Imperial Army.The battle for Burma during the Second World War was of vital importance to the Allies and the

Selected Poems of Edward Thomas (Thomas Edward)(Paperback / softback)

When Edward Thomas was killed at the Battle of Arras in 1917 his poems were largely

Picton's Division at Waterloo (Haythornthwaite Philip)(Pevná vazba)

In the two hundred years since the Battle of Waterloo countless studies examining almost every aspect of this momentous event have been published narratives of the campaign, graphic accounts of key stages in the fighting or of the role played by a regiment or by an individual who was there - an

Strasbourg AD 357: The Victory That Saved Gaul (D'Amato Raffaele)(Paperback)

A highly illustrated account of the battle of Strasbourg in AD 357, a decisive victory for the Romans under their Caesar Julian against the Alemanni and their leader Chnodomar. Civil war in the Western Roman Empire between AD 350--53 had left the frontiers weakly defended, and the major German

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

Metamorphoses (Ovid)(Pevná vazba)

Ovid's sequence of fifteen witty and playful poems sketches the history of the world from its creation to the poet's own time through a series of transformation myths in which gods and goddesses succumb to all-too-human passions, not least in the matter of

London (Rutherfurd Edward)(Paperback / softback)

A grand, epic story that tells the history of the greatest city in the world, from Roman times to the present day. London has perhaps the most remarkable history of any city in the

The Knightly Art of Battle (Mondschein Ken)(Paperback)

This volume offers an intriguing glimpse into the world of late medieval martial arts, from wrestling to fencing with the longsword to the subtle tricks that could be employed when jousting on horseback. Using superb details of lively pen drawings highlighted with gold leaf, the book features some

New York (Rutherfurd Edward)(Paperback / softback)

A novel that tells the story of New York city - from the epic, empty grandeur of the New World to the skyscrapers of the City that Never Sleeps, from the intimate detail of lives long forgotten to those lived at breakneck speed

Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World (Thomas Evan)(Paperback)

Evan Thomas's startling account of how the underrated Dwight Eisenhower saved the world from nuclear holocaust. Upon assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower set about to make good on his campaign promise to end the Korean War. Yet while Eisenhower was quickly viewed by many as a

Battle of the Beetles (Leonard M.G.)(Paperback / softback)

From a secret Biome in the jungle, Lucretia Cutter plans to wreak wickedness on the world unless Darkus, Virginia and Bertolt can stop her. If they fail, she'll mass an army of giant Frankenstein beetles - and the planet will never be the same again. Humanity is under siege. The future depends on

Stalingrad (Glantz David M.)(Paperback)

The long awaited one-volume campaign history from the leading experts of the decisive clash of Nazi and Soviet forces at Stalingrad; an abridged edition of the five volume Stalingrad Trilogy Praise for The Stalingrad Trilogy: David Glantz has done something that very few historians achieve. He has

Liberalism: The Life of an Idea, Second Edition (Fawcett Edmund)(Paperback)

A compelling history of liberalism from the nineteenth century to todayDespite playing a decisive role in shaping the past two hundred years of American and European politics, liberalism is no longer the dominant force it once was. In this expanded and updated edition of what has become a classic

The Serpents of Harbledown (Marston Edward)(Paperback)

Ralph Delchard, a former soldier in the era-defining Battle of Hastings, and Gervase Bret, an accomplished lawyer, continue to travel the length of England investigating irregularities exposed during the collection of information for the Domesday Book. The pair frequently find that where matters of

The Stallions of Woodstock (Marston Edward)(Paperback)

Ralph Delchard, a former soldier in the notable Battle of Hastings, and Gervase Bret, an exceptional lawyer, continue to travel the length of England inspecting anomalies uncovered during the collection of information for the Domesday Book, the great survey of the country commissioned by William