History - Ancient & Medieval (pre-Napoleonic)

Oliver Cromwell is one of the most important figures in British History. He was both soldier and politician and the only non-Royal ruler of Britain in a thousand years. His actions and ideas still have political and social consequences today, and his legacy still divides people.

Author: James Hobson

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 151pp. 15.5cm by 23cm.

ISBN 9781526734839

Weight. 0.295kg

Original Price: £12.99

The greatest siege in Briitsh history.

For more than three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land and at sea, by the overwhelming forces of Spain and France.

Author: Roy Adkins, Lesley Adkins

Publisher: Penguin Books

Paperback. 449pp. 13.5cm by 21cm.

ISBN: 9780735221642

Weight: 452g

Original Price: £14.99

There can be little doubt that the Romans experienced many of the illnesses that are still encountered today, and individuals have always had to decide how best to deal with their health-related concerns.

Author: Nick Summerton.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 197pp. 16x24x2cm.

ISBN: 9781526752871

Weight: 550g.

Original Price: £25.00

The Battles of Salamis, Plataea, Mycale and after

The dramatic conclusion to this trilogy explains the reversal of fortunes and final defeat of Xerxes’ Persian invasion of Greece; not as unlikely as usually presupposed.

Author: Manousos E Kambouris

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 250pp. 17.5x25x2cm.

ISBN: 9781399097802

Weight: 900g.

Original Price: £30.00

Sir Henry Percy and the Myth of Chivalry

On 21 July 1403 Sir Henry Percy – better known as Hotspur – led a rebel army out at Shrewsbury to face the forces of the king Henry IV. The battle was both bloody and decisive. Hotspur was shot down by an arrow and killed.

Author: John Sadler, Foreword by Ralph Percy.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16x24x2.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399003889

Weight:

Original Price: £

This work explains how Philip took the traditional forces of Macedon and reformed them into the most modern and sophisticated combined-arms force in the Mediterranean world.

Author: Gabriele Esposito.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 142pp. 17.5x25x1.2cm.

ISBN: 9781526787354

Weight: 650g.

Original Price: £20.00

The Making and Legacy of The Great Charter.

Author: Dan Jones

Publisher: The Landmark Library / Bloomsbury

Paperback. 238pp. 13.5cm by 20cm.

ISBN: 9781838933340

Weight: 406g

Original Price: £12.99

Warfare in Europe and Beyond, 1500-1700.

Author: William Urban

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 304pp. 16.5cm by 24.1cm.

ISBN: 9781399020626

Weight: 442g

Original Price: £14.99

Epic tales from Britain's wildest century.

Including: Anne Bonny and Mary Read, pirate queens of the Caribbean - Tipu Sultan, the Indian ruler who kept the British at bay - Olaudah Equiano, the former slave whose story shocked the world - Mary Wollstonecraft, the feminist who fought for women’s rights - Ladies of Llangollen, the lovers who built paradise in a Welsh valley.

Author: Robert Peal

Publisher: William Collins Books

Hardback. 304pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9780008437022

Original Price: £18.99

These intriguing remedies include Sir Walter Raleigh’s Receipt against Plague, Viper Broth and Snail Milk Water.

Author: Marilyn Yurdan, Nicola Lillie

Publisher: History Press

Paperback. 150pp. 13cm by 20cm.

ISBN: 9781803993577

Weight: 168g

Original Price: £12.99

Unravelling the Truth of the Battle of Hastings and the Events of 1066.

Recent challenges to the traditional site of the Battle of Hastings have led to a surge of interest in the events surrounding England’s most famous battle. 

Author: Robert Allred.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 204pp. 16x24x2cm.

ISBN: 9781399088039

Weight: 550g.

Original Price: £25.00

We follow King John at that vulnerable time, day by day, and reveal for the first time some surprising and interesting answers to the many questions posed by the mystery of his lost treasure.

Author: Shirley Charters.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 154pp. 15.5x23.3x1.3cm.

ISBN: 9781399020855

Weight: 300g.

Original Price: £12.99