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The Battle of Dranesville: Early War in Northern Virginia, December 1861 by Ryan Quint 9781611216936
RRP: £25.99£21.15After the guns of Manassas fell silent, the opposing armies grappled for position wondering what would come next. Popular history has us believe that daily briefings reported something along the lines of “All quiet along the Potomac.” Reality was... -
The English Civil War At First Hand by Tristram Hunt
RRP: £12.99£9.09Almost a quarter of a million lives were lost as King and Parliament battled for their religious and political ideals in the English Civil War. England was divided between Cavaliers and Roundheads engaged in bitter struggles from Preston to Lostwithiel,... -
Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell
RRP: £12.99£8.48The Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller 'A fabulous story, superbly told ... cannot be bettered' Max Hastings 'Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.' ... -
Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War by Peter H. Wilson
RRP: £18.99£14.01Winner of the Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award 2011The horrific series of conflicts known as the Thirty Years War (1618-48) tore the heart out of Europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to whole areas of... -
The Napoleonic Wars: A Very Short Introduction Mike Rapport (Department of History, University of Stirling) 9780199590964
RRP: £8.99£6.45The Napoleonic Wars have an important place in the history of Europe, leaving their mark on European and world societies in a variety of ways. In many European countries they provided the stimulus for radical social and political change - particularly in... -
The English Civil War: A People's History by Diane Purkiss
RRP: £14.99£9.70A remarkable popular history of the English Civil War, from the perspectives of those involved in this most significant turning point in British history. The compelling narrative draws on new sources such as letters,... -
Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory, 1793-1815 by Roger Knight
RRP: £19.99£14.28From Roger Knight, established by the multi-award winning The Pursuit of Victory as 'an authority ... none of his rivals can match' (N.A.M. Rodger), Britain Against Napoleon is the first book to explain how the British state successfully organised itself... -
My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: The English Revolution, 1625-1660 Oliver Bullock 9781471876196
RRP: £12.50£11.84Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
From Deliverance To Destruction: Rebellion and Civil War in an English City by Mark Stoyle 9780859894784
RRP: £17.50£15.54This is a study of the city of Exeter during the Great Civil War of 1642-46; it offers a lively, immediate account of how one English city slid, inexorably, into the chaos of civil war. The book shows how Exeter's inhabitants first began to dissent from... -
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the American War of Independence by Digby Smith
RRP: £19.99£15.28The uniforms of the fighting men of the American War of Independence are a vivid illustration of the difficulties and complexities of the conflict, and this book brings together for the first time a sweeping survey of what they should have worn, what... -
To War with Wellington: From the Peninsula to Waterloo Peter Snow 9781848541047
RRP: £14.99£9.80The seven-year campaign that saved Europe from Napoleon told by those who were there.What made Arthur Duke of Wellington the military genius who was never defeated in battle? In the vivid narrative style that is his trademark, Peter Snow recalls how... -
The English Civil Wars: 1640-1660 Blair Worden 9780753826911
RRP: £9.99£6.80A brilliant appraisal of the Civil War and its long-term consequences, by an acclaimed historian. The political upheaval of the mid-seventeenth century has no parallel in English history. Other events have changed the occupancy and the powers of the... -
The Army in Cromwellian England, 1649-1660 by Henry Reece 9780198726524
£34.23From 1649-1660 England was ruled by a standing army for the only time in its history. In The Army in Cromwellian England Henry Reece describes the nature of that experience for the first time, both for officers and soldiers, and for civilian society. The... -
Berezina 1812: Napoleon's Hollow Victory by Professor Alexander Mikaberidze
RRP: £15.99£11.61A superbly illustrated narrative of how Napoleon skilfully extracted his Grande Armee from the clutches of the pursuing Russian armies. Much has been written about the Battle of the Berezina and the 1812 Russian campaign in general, during which the... -
The Fighting Temeraire: Legend of Trafalgar (Hearts of Oak Trilogy Vol.1) by Sam Willis
RRP: £16.99£11.54J.M.W. Turner's The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up (1838) was his masterpiece. Sam Willis tells the real-life story behind this remarkable painting. The 98-gun Temeraire warship broke through the French and Spanish line... -
Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign by Shelby Foote
RRP: £19.99£13.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679601128Author Shelby FooteFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 335gDimensions(mm) 191mm *... -
The End of Empire: Napoleon'S 1814 Campaign by George F. Nafziger 9781909982963
RRP: £59.95£43.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909982963Author George F. NafzigerFormat HardbackPage Count 768Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
King Philip's War 1675–76: America's Deadliest Colonial Conflict by Gabriele Esposito
RRP: £16.99£12.28King Philip's War was the result of over 50 years' tension between the native inhabitants of New England and its colonial settlers as the two parties competed for land and resources. A coalition of Native American tribes fought against a force of over... -
The Longest Afternoon: The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo by Brendan Simms
RRP: £10.99£7.77'A superb little book that is micro-history at its best' Washington Post'The brevity of this remarkable book belies the amount of work that went into it. One can only marvel at how well Professor Simms has gone through the original sources - the... -
The Peninsular War Atlas (Revised) by Nick Lipscombe
RRP: £50.00£37.62The Peninsular War is one of the defining campaigns of the British Army and sealed its reputation for supreme professionalism, heroic obstinacy and sheer perseverance. It made the reputation of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, and acts as the... -
The Talavera Campaign 1809 by Tim Saunders 9781399040037
RRP: £28.00£19.62Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Wellesley returned to the Peninsular in 1809 convinced that the country could be held against the French. His audacious crossing of the Duoro and speedy victory at Oporto in May, followed by the deceptively easy ejection of... -
The Glorious First of June: Fleet Battle in the Reign of Terror Sam Willis 9781849160391
RRP: £16.99£11.54France, early summer 1794. The French Revolution has been hijacked by the extreme Jacobins and is in the grip of The Terror. While the guillotine relentlessly takes the heads of innocents, two vast French and British fleets meet in the mid-Atlantic... -
The English Civil War in 100 Facts by Dr. Andrew Lacey
RRP: £8.99£6.02The English Civil War pitted Parliament against the Crown following a breakdown in their relationship, ultimately caused by a struggle over power, religion and control. The Civil War split the country and resulted in the execution of Charles I and the... -
Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaigns by Owen S. Connelly 9780742553187
RRP: £38.00£33.51Renowned for its accuracy, brevity, and readability, this book has long been the gold standard of concise histories of the Napoleonic Wars. Now in an updated and revised edition, it is unique in its portrayal of one of the world's great generals as a... -
God's Fury, England's Fire: A New History of the English Civil Wars by Michael Braddick
RRP: £18.99£14.86The sequence of civil wars that ripped England apart in the seventeenth century was one of the most devastating conflicts in its history. It destroyed families and towns, ravaged the population and led many, both supporters of Charles I and his... -
The Waterloo Campaign in 100 Locations by John Grehan 9781526746917
RRP: £25.00£17.62In the 200 years since the famous battle in the muddy, bloody fields of Waterloo, almost every aspect of the fighting has been examined and analysed, apart from one – that of finding and illustrating locations relating to the campaign. From Napoleon’s... -
Wellington's Waterloo Allies: How Soldiers from Brunswick, Hanover, Nassau and the Netherlands Contributed to the Victory of 1815 by Field, Andrew W 9781399090377
RRP: £25.00£18.02For almost 200 years, the British perception of the Battle of Waterloo was that it was a great British victory gained over the French tyrant Napoleon which was achieved in spite of, rather than because of, the allied contingents in the Duke of... -
Military Dispatches by Arthur Wellesley,Duke of Wellington
RRP: £12.99£9.09The vivid and exciting accounts written from the front line, taking the story of the British war with Napoleon from its desperate beginnings in Portugal to the final triumph at WaterlooThe Duke of Wellington was not only an incomparable battle commander... -
A Brief History of the English Civil Wars by John Miller
RRP: £10.99£4.11Miller provides a clear and comprehensible narrative, a coherent and accurate synthesis, intended as a guide for students and the general reader to an extremely complex period in British history. His aim is to help readers avoid getting lost in a maze of... -
Battle-Scarred: Mortality, Medical Care and Military Welfare in the British Civil Wars by David Appleby 9781526144850
RRP: £25.00£21.79Battle-scarred investigates the human costs of the British Civil Wars. Through a series of varied case studies it examines the wartime experience of disease, burial, surgery and wounds, medicine, hospitals, trauma, military welfare, widowhood, desertion,... -
Clan Battles: Warfare in the Scottish Highlands by Chris Peers 9781399070034
£20.59Warfare between the clans of the Highlands in the late Middle Ages determined the course of history in this region of Scotland, and Chris Peers's gripping account of it - and of the rivalry between the strongest clans - gives the reader a deep insight... -
The Napoleonic Mediterranean: Enlightenment, Revolution and Empire by Michael Broers
£55.27The Mediterranean was one of Napoleon's greatest spheres of influence. With territory in Spain, Italy and, of course, France, Napoleon's regime dominated the Great Sea for much of the early nineteenth century. The 'Napoleonic Mediterranean' was composed... -
Wellington's Spies by Mary McGrigor 9781526766960
RRP: £15.99£10.95Intelligence was just as important in the Napoleonic Wars as it is today. Then there was only one way of obtaining it by spies and informers. The Author uses first hand accounts of three of Wellingtons most daring and successful Intelligence Officers... -
The Hundred Years War: 1337–1453 by Emeritus Professor Anne Curry
RRP: £12.99£9.09An illustrated overview of the Hundred Years War, the longest-running and the most significant conflict in western Europe in the later Middle Ages. There can be no doubt that military conflict between France and England dominated European history in... -
Defending Gloucestershire and Bristol by Mike Osborne 9781781558898
RRP: £25.00£18.54Gloucestershire's strategic location straddling the Severn is reinforced by Bristol's importance as a port. The Forest of Dean and the Cotswolds are densely populated by prehistoric hillforts and Gloucester, Cirencester and Winchcombe were important... -
The History of the Rebellion: A new selection by Edward Hyde,Earl of Clarendon
RRP: £13.99£9.75'I am doing your Majesty some service here, whilst I am preparing the story of your sufferings; that posterity may know by whose default the nation was even overwhelmed with calamities, and by whose virtue it was redeemed.' Clarendon's massive History... -
Wellington'S Hidden Heroes: The Dutch and the Belgians at Waterloo by Veronica Baker-Smith
£20.67The Duke of Wellington described the Battle of Waterloo as 'the most desperate business I ever was in. I was never so near being beat'. The courage of British troops that day has been rightly praised ever since, but the fact that one-third of the forces... -
Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 by Roger Crowley
RRP: £12.99£9.24Empires of the Sea shows the Mediterranean as a majestic and bloody theatre of war. Opening with the Ottoman victory in 1453 it is a breathtaking story of military crusading, Barbary pirates, white slavery and the Ottoman Empire - and the larger picture... -
Cavalier Capital: Oxford in the English Civil War 1642-1646 by John Barratt
RRP: £25.00£17.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914059551Author John BarrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Napoleon as a General: Command from the Battlefield to Grand Strategy by Jonathon Riley 9781847251800
RRP: £65.00£63.31'In war, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns. Thus it may be known that the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be in peace or peril...' ("Sun Tzu The Art of War")...