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'We will fight them on the beaches' For millennia island nations have known that invasion would come from the sea and that the enemy would select the most suitable point of disembarkation-a safe bay...

Personal observations of small campaigns of the Napoleonic age The long period of the French Revolution, the Consulate and Napoleon's First Empire was notable not as a departure from almost...

A famous cavalry regiment at war with Napoleon As its commanding officer and as a noted Oxford University academic Colonel Henry Hamilton was well placed to write the history of the 14th (King's)...

The war in Sinai & Palestine from the irrepressible viewpoint of the Camel Soldiers - There are few accounts of the exploits of the Imperial Camel Corps but 'The Fighting Cameliers' has the...

Three connected and vital episodes of seventeenth century warfare This substantial book of the English Civil War concerns three pivotal engagements thoughtfully and thoroughly researched and written...

The British Empire's open West African sore As the 19th century progressed the inexorable expansion of the British Empire gained momentum across the globe. Imperial ambitions invariably resulted in...

All four classic novels of She-who must be obeyed-in two special volumes Rider Haggard's fantastic tales out of Africa have few peers. His first novel of She is possibly one of the best known and has...

The First and Second Christian Crusades to the Holy Land Thomas Archer was a well regarded historian on the subject of the Crusades and was the author of a substantial work which examined them in...

The 'first detective' of fiction steps out 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' by Edgar Allan Poe is widely considered to be the first true detective story; also in this volume are the author's two other...

The battle for Ceylon During the first decade of the 19th century the struggle for imperial domination still raged across the globe. Britain and France were at war as the tide that swept away the...

An anthology of the best tales of ghosts and terror Tales of ghosts and horror can be found in every age, country and culture on earth; they have been passed down orally for millennia and in written...

Solving the mysteries of the world of the unknown Every genre of fiction has its aficionados and this has guaranteed that the enthusiasm for detective stories and tales of the ghostly and horrific...

The French and Indian War-the collision between Britain, its provincial troops and Indian allies against France and its own allies during the eighteenth century in America is fascinating to many...

The French and Indian War-the collision between Britain, its provincial troops and Indian allies against France and its own allies during the eighteenth century in America is fascinating to many...

The French and Indian War-the collision between Britain, its provincial troops and Indian allies against France and its own allies during the eighteenth century in America is fascinating to many...

The Gambardier: the Experiences of a Battery of Heavy Artillery on the Western Front During the First World War The First World War with the big guns Gambardier is a title-not completely...

At war against the Spanish in Cuba This well-known book concerns the United States flexing of its imperial muscle as it expelled the Spanish from Cuba at the close of the nineteenth century. This...

Two essential first hand accounts and histories of the French Army in 1914 Experienced British correspondent George Herbert Perris accompanied French troops during the opening campaigns of the First...

Author: A Berkeley MilnePublisher: Leonaur LtdPublication Date: January 13, 2020Number of Pages: 144 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 178282877XISBN-13: 9781782828778

The first volume in a collection of accounts of Mosby and his Confederate Raiders The American Civil War brought to the fore a number of outstanding military figures on both sides of the conflict...

The second volume in a collection of accounts of Mosby and his Confederate Raiders In this second volume of personal narratives by two members of Mosby's command, readers will find the personal...

Mosby and his Gray Raiders ride out for a final time This unique Leonaur book is the final volume of three that gather together the accounts of the men who fought for the cause of the Confederacy...

Two of the finest adventure stories ever written More people are aware of Robert Louis Stevenson's great novels of high adventure than have ever read the original books, for they are enduring...

Two views of the Great Retreat Imperial Germany had long planned the conflict that was to become the First World War, but when the onslaught came there was little sign that the nations which would...

The conclusion of W.T Massey's Middle Eastern theatre trilogy The final book in Massey's trilogy concerns the drive through Palestine into Syria, the conquest of Damascus and the harrying of the...

The first two books in an excellent trilogy of the Great War in the Middle East W. T Massey was the foremost accredited journalist reporting on behalf of the London newspapers covering the Great War...

The Shamrock and the Red Hand at War Divisions of faith, invasions and occupations over centuries, mean that Britain has long had an uneasy relationship with Ireland. The burdens of this have fallen...

WHEN BRITON FOUGHT GURKHA No-one who has an interest in British military history is ignorant of the role of the Gurkhas. Their loyalty and courage is as legendary as the affection with which they are...

The Great War campaigns of one of the Royal Naval division battalions The campaigns of the Royal Naval Brigades have always fascinated students of military history. During several notable campaigns...

The fate of Empires in the balance - the experience of battle - the moment of triumph for one man The days when young Harry Smith wore the green jacket of the 95th-Wellington's famous...