Hundred Years War - Trial by Battle Vol 1 by Jonathan Sumption
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Category: Wars of the Ages
'Compulsively readable' (History), this is the first volume in a series that details the long and violent endeavour of the English to dismember Europe's strongest state, a succession of wars that is one of the seminal chapters in European history. Beginning with the funeral of Charles IV of France in 13 ...Show more
1434: The Year a Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance by Gavin Menzies
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Category: Wars of the Ages
In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that it was also Chinese advances in science, art, and technology that formed the basis of the European Ren ...Show more
Agincourt : The King, the Campaign, the Battle by Juliet Barker
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Category: Wars of the Ages
Agincourt took place on 25 October 1415 and was a turning-point not only in the Hundred Years War between England and France but also in the history of weaponry. Azincourt (as it is now) is in the Pas-de-Calais, and the French were famously defeated by an army led by Henry V. Henry V's stunning victory ...Show more
Rubicon by Tom Holland
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Category: Wars of the Ages
An accessible and exciting narrative history of the final 100 years of the Republic. Fascinating and thrilling, it's international politics as played out by the sopranos.The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hill ...Show more
The Medieval Knight at War by Brooks Robards
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Category: Wars of the Ages
Superbly illustrated history of medieval warfare including the origins of knighthood, the rise of the knight, Charlemagne's knights, castles, chivalry, the crusades, brotherhoods of knights, tournaments and jousts, legendary leaders, celebrated wars, and the end of knighthood.
Trial by Fire - The Hundred Years War by Jonathan Sumption
$40.00 NZD
Category: Wars of the Ages | Series: The\Hundred Years War Ser.
This second volume on the Hundred Years War traces Edward III's increasing domination of France, from the fall of Calais in 1347 up to 1369. The period is dominated by a succession of crises in French affairs of state; crises that brought it to the verge of ruin.
Indian Fights and Fighters by Cyrus Townsend Brady; James T. King (Introduction by)
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Category: Wars of the Ages
Originally published in 1904, Indian Fights and Fighters regularly appears in bibliographies of significant works on the history of the American West. Embracing almost three decades of Plains history, it contains not only Brady's clear, fast-paced accounts of the Plains wars, but also a number of eyewit ...Show more
Shadows in the Desert - Ancient Persia at War by Kaveh Farrokh; Richard Nelson Frye; Peter Bull (Illustrator)
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Category: Wars of the Ages | Series: General Military Ser.
The ruins of Persepolis evoke the best-known events of ancient Persia's history: Alexander the Great's defeat of Darius III, his conquest of the Achaemenid empire, and the burning of the great palace complex at Persepolis. However, most of the history of ancient Persia remains as mysterious today as it ...Show more
A System of Ambition? - British Foreign Policy 1660-1793 by Jeremy Black
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Category: Wars of the Ages | Series: Sutton History Paperbacks Ser.
This work charts the rise of Britain to a position of spectacular greatness on the international stage, with an empire to provide vast wealth and prestige. Background events include the Anglo-Dutch wars, the wars of the Austrian and Spanish successions, the Seven Years War and the American and French re ...Show more
The Monks of War by Desmond Seward
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Category: Rare and antique books (military history)
Hannibal by Ernle Bradford
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Category: Wars of the Ages | Series: Military History Ser.
The life of the great military commander of ancient Carthage from the bestselling author of Thermopylae and Gibraltar. Born in Carthage in 247 BC, Hannibal Barca is considered one of the greatest military commanders of all time. Following the example set by his father, Hamilcar, he dedicated his life ...Show more