Livro chesterton's mysteries

Livro de re militari (concerning military affairs)

Livro joachim murat

Livro sailing alone around the world

Livro the russo-japanese war at sea 1904-5

Livro the russo-japanese war at sea volume 2

Livro de re militari (concerning military affairs)

Livro sailing alone around the world

Sanders & bones-the african adventures

The fighting cameliers - the exploits of the imperial camel

Two disastrous campaigns against the rising tide of Revolution.Among British Army historians the reputation of Sir John Fortescue stands virtually without equal. His comprehensive fourteen volume history is a work of unparalleled achievement in its field. Fortescue combines thorough source material research with insightful academic observation of the conduct of the campaigns he describes and of th...

Two disastrous campaigns against the rising tide of Revolution.Among British Army historians the reputation of Sir John Fortescue stands virtually without equal. His comprehensive fourteen volume history is a work of unparalleled achievement in its field. Fortescue combines thorough source material research with insightful academic observation of the conduct of the campaigns he describes and of th...

A first hand account of the Dardanelles expeditionThis book, written by someone who experienced first hand the Gallipoli campaign, is inevitably important as a source work on one of the most notable events of the First World War and will interest all those fascinated by the sideshow theatres of the conflict. It is doubly interesting since the author was a member of the First Newfoundlander Regimen...

A first hand account of the Dardanelles expeditionThis book, written by someone who experienced first hand the Gallipoli campaign, is inevitably important as a source work on one of the most notable events of the First World War and will interest all those fascinated by the sideshow theatres of the conflict. It is doubly interesting since the author was a member of the First Newfoundlander Regimen...

A history and analysis of the most devastating tacticMost students of military history will be familiar with the works of George Bruce Malleson; he was a prodigious author on the subject and his scholarship has always been regarded as of the highest standard. This excellent book will be of much interest to those concerned with the practice of military craft. It examines critically and in detail th...

A history and analysis of the most devastating tacticMost students of military history will be familiar with the works of George Bruce Malleson; he was a prodigious author on the subject and his scholarship has always been regarded as of the highest standard. This excellent book will be of much interest to those concerned with the practice of military craft. It examines critically and in detail th...

The legendary German general of the bush war in AfricaFor many the Great War means the Western Front, that gruelling, slogging stalemate of attrition that was the mud and blood of trench warfare. Yet this was truly a world war fought between nations, many of whom were imperial powers with footholds, interests or colonies across the globe which were often in close proximity to those who were now th...

The life of one of the most notable of Napoleons marshalsThere are few students of the Napoleonic epoch who require much introduction to the character of Marshal Ney. In an empire of many courageous men who would stand at the emperors side, Ney was one of the most charismatic and outstanding. Though he rose to the highest rank, he ever had the sensibilities of a cavalryman and with his raw courage...

Colonial adventures in a 6 volume collection set on the Dark ContinentIn the first years of the twentieth century much of the African continent remained dark, mysterious and still full of strange and exotic possibilities. The British Empire ruled over vast areas of trackless plain and dense equatorial jungle, all had their fragile order maintained by a small cadre of government officials, policeme...

Colonial adventures in a 6 volume collection set on the Dark ContinentIn the first years of the twentieth century much of the African continent remained dark, mysterious and still full of strange and exotic possibilities. The British Empire ruled over vast areas of trackless plain and dense equatorial jungle, all had their fragile order maintained by a small cadre of government officials, policeme...

A ferocious conflict between Mongol and SamuraiThe Japanese word Ghenko is the term employed for the Mongol invasion of Japan. The event was an immensely significant one for the Japanese and it remained so for centuries because, in part, the defeat of the invaders was attributed to divine intervention. There can be little doubt that Japans salvation had much to do with the fact that they are an is...

Colonial adventures in a 6 volume collection set on the Dark ContinentIn the first years of the twentieth century much of the African continent remained dark, mysterious and still full of strange and exotic possibilities. The British Empire ruled over vast areas of trackless plain and dense equatorial jungle, all had their fragile order maintained by a small cadre of government officials, policeme...

The great war in Europe of the 16th and 17th centuriesKing Philip II of Spain became the monarch of the Hapsburg Netherlands, which included territory in modern day Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, by the decree of Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor. While the legitimacy of this act may have been indisputable according to the principles of absolutist divine right the relationship between the new mo...

Tales from a Mistress of the GothicMary Shelley is possibly one of the most renowned women authors of all time. She is, of course, the literary creator of the iconic Frankensteins monster and that alone has guaranteed it and her immortality rivalled only by Bram Stokers Dracula in the pantheon of the bizarre. Beyond her most famous literary work, Frankenstein, she possessed an incredible creative ...

The end of a dynastyIt is likely that few of those who contributed to the outbreak of the First World War would have imagined its consequences or predicted which nations would prevail, which would fall in defeat and which would all but cease to exist. Very few would have foreseen the fall of so many of the royal houses of Europe and yet this came to pass; most prominent among them were the Romanov...

The modern Joan of Arc of the Great War and Russian RevolutionThis the story of an astonishing life told in her own words. Maria Botchkareva (whose nickname was Yashka) was not only a soldier in the Russian Army who fought in combat during the First World War, she was also the first woman to command a military unit in the Russian Army. Born a peasant, Yashka left home at 16 years old, coerced into...

A new biography of possibly the most renowned light cavalrymanThere can be few, if any, students of the military history of the Napoleonic period who are unaware of the career of the flamboyant Antoine Charles Lasalle. General Lasalle did not only epitomise the spirit of the French light cavalry officer of his time, he became truly iconicthe archetypal hussar who was brave to the point of reckless...

Mafeking-the siege and relief by one who was thereBy the turn of the twentieth century the age of industrial warfare ensured that the time of protracted sieges was all but at an end. However, southern Africa-far from the modern world-brought its own characteristics to the waging of war and so the Second Boer War (1899-1902) contained two notable sieges where the Imperial force was beset and remain...

A view of the campaigns of Wellingtons famous German troopsIn the ranks of the red-coated soldiery of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars there were none more highly regarded by all than the men of the Kings German Legion. These were men-many of them Hanoverians-whose motherlands had been over run by Napoleons French forces in their domination of Europe and the smaller German states in par...

Strange tales from a Russian OccultistThe late nineteenth century saw a rise in the number of people who became interested in the occult and among them were a few who became notable practitioners. Aleister Crowley, for example, became infamous as a member of the Golden Dawn and founder of the religion Thelema, and the author of this book, Russian born, Madam Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, became a pr...

A Russian lady-in-waitings memoirs of the court and revolutionAfter the Russian Revolution and the fall and murder of the ruling Romanov family in 1918, many books were written by those close to the personalities of the time describing the final days of the imperial Russian court. These books were eagerly read when first published and interest in this subject has endured to the present day. This b...

Tales from a Mistress of the GothicMary Shelley is possibly one of the most renowned women authors of all time. She is, of course, the literary creator of the iconic Frankensteins monster and that alone has guaranteed it and her immortality rivalled only by Bram Stokers Dracula in the pantheon of the bizarre. Beyond her most famous literary work, Frankenstein, she possessed an incredible creative ...

Justice-without jury, without appeal and without mercyThese are stories of the Four Just Men, Edgar Wallaces famous characters known to the wider public principally as a result of the early television series of the same name. The source material is, of course, far removed from its celluloid derivative. Far from being set in the world post WW2, the original stories take place in the colourful perio...

WHEN BRITON FOUGHT GURKHANo-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 regarded by the British military and civilians alike. It was not always so. At the beginning of the 19th century, as the British empire inexorably expanded its inflfl uence to embrace the Indian Sub-Co...

The high water mark of the ConfederacyThe Battle of Gettysburg, in early July, 1863, began promisingly for Lee and his Confederate forces, but as the fighting progressed it became clear that in a pounding match where Meades Union force remained nailed defensively to high ground it would take a master stroke on Lees part for the Confederates to prevail. Attacks to turn the Union flank had failed le...

The voices of one terrible year of blood, horror, battle and revenge It is now 150 years since the Indian Mutiny burst like an engulfing flame on the British soldiers, their families and the civilians of the Empire in North East India. The Bengal Native army arose in violent rebellion, and the once peaceful countryside became a battleground as Native sepoys and elements of the Indian population, l...

The Emperors fall by one of his own generalsPosterity has been granted several renowned historians of the Napoleonic Wars and the author of this book, Antoine-Henri Jomini, is notable among them-for he not only chronicled its history, but was an active participant in its events. Service with Napoleon saw him in action at Austerlitz, Ulm, Jena, at Eylau where he was awarded the Legion of Honour and...

A master of the field of battle in his own words Anyone who knows of the military genius of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, cant fail to have learnt also of the exploits his close personal ally, Prince Eugene of Savoy. Despite a physical frailty, Eugene had an incredible talent for waging war and became, indisputably, one of the most successful military commanders in modern European history. ...

More disturbing stories from one of Americas greatest authorsNathaniel Hawthorne was one of the earliest admired American novelists and short story writers. Born in Salem, Massachusetts, his origins ever influenced his work. His tales were invariably set in New England, were darkly romantic and were often concerned with the occult and witches and their works in particular. Indeed, one of Hawthorne...

The clash of great navies in the North SeaThe Battle of Jutland was notable in the history of naval warfare for several reasons. It was not only the most significant naval engagement fought by the Royal Navy since the close of the Napoleonic Wars a century before, but was also the only great naval battle of the First World War. There have been many histories written about the battle and it remains...

Frederick the Greats struggles during the Seven Years War The Seven Years War, 1754-62, shaped the modern world. It was a truly global conflict fought in India, America and Europe, as Britain struggled for dominance in trade, colonisation and culture with its principal rival, Bourbon France. European nations formed alliances dependent on need, sentiment or necessity in their relationships with the...

The war the British mounted soldiers knew on the Western FrontThis is an anonymously written recollection of a British cavalry officer (possibly of the 4th Hussars) from the first year of the Great War on the Western Front. We join the author at the First Battle of Ypres, upon the Somme and at the Battle Arras. After a rest period he returned to the front at Cambrai-Bourlon Wood and the defence of...

Warfare for the Age of NapoleonSeveral of Napoleons Marshals and senior officers wrote treatises on the waging of war based on their own experiences. For modern students of the history of that period these works give fascinating insights into the battlefield and campaign tactics of some of the most fascinating armies of comparatively modern times. Michel Ney fought during the Revolutionary Wars as...