Pre WW1 inc Napoleonic & Ancient

The 1066 Norman Bruisers conjures up the vanished world of England in the late Middle Ages and casts light on one of the strangest quirks in the nation’s history: how a bunch of European thugs became the quintessentially English gentry.

Author: Helen Kay

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 276pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526759382

Weight: 672

Original Price: £25.00

Napoleonic wargaming battles.

Author: Boyd Bruce.

Publisher: Osprey.

Paperback. 64pp. 18cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781472843654

Original Price: £12.99

Author: Justin Swanton

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 320pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526797582

Weight: 719g

Original Price: £16.99

An engaging and extremely readable history.

Publisher: Frontline Books.

Hardback. 264pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN 9781526734037

Original Price: £25.00

Author: Paul Hill

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 224pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399077156

Weight: 319g

Original Price: £14.99

The ascent of the Plantagenets to the English throne in 1154 led to the beginning of a new historical phase in the British Isles, which was marked by numerous wars that were fought between the Kingdom of England and the 'Celtic nations' of Wales, Scotland and Ireland. 

Author: Gabriele Esposito.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 171pp. 17.5x25x1.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399008358

Weight: 700g.

Original Price: £25.00

1853-1856. This book is lavishly illustrated with coloue plates showing all the uniforms in the "first modern war" in Europe.

Author: Gabriele Esposito.

Publisher: MMP Books

Paperback. 108pp. 21cm by 29cm.

ISBN: 9788366549944

Weight: 566g

Original Price: £20.00

History, organization & equipment.

Author: Gabriele Esposito.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 192pp. 17cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526772749

Weight: 833

Original Price: £25.00

Wars: Field Artillery 1792-1815 (The Napoleonic Library).

Author: Kevin F Kiley

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399075077

Weight: 522g

Original Price: £18.99

David Cooper’s book reappraises the evidence regarding the early battles for Wessex territory. It charts the sequence of battles from the c. AD 500 siege of Badon Hill, in which the Britons defeated the first Saxon attempt to gain a foothold in Wessex territory, to Langport in 710, which consolidated King Ine's position and pushed the Britons westwards. 

Author: David Cooper

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 260pp. 15.5x23.3x2cm.

ISBN: 9781399020862

Weight: 450g.

Original Price: £19.99

On a bright September day, the naval forces of Octavian clashed with those of Antony and Cleopatra off the coast of western Greece.

Author: Lee Fratantuono

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 232pp. 15.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399020893

Weight: 380g

Original Price: £14.99

In 49 BC the Roman Republic collapsed once more into bloody civil war. At the heart of this war lay the two greatest living Roman commanders, and former allies, Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar, each having built their own factions within the Roman oligarchy and refusing to compromise. 

Author: Gareth C Sampson.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 226pp. 16x24x2.3cm.

ISBN: 9781526793584

Weight: 550g.

Original Price: £20.00