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1066 Norman Bruisers.

1066 Norman Bruisers.

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

Price:    £9.99 

Absolute Emperor.

Absolute Emperor.

Napoleonic wargaming battles.

Author: Boyd Bruce.

Publisher: Osprey.

Paperback. 64pp. 18cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781472843654

Original Price: £12.99

Price:    £3.99 

Ancient Battle Formations

Ancient Battle Formations

Author: Justin Swanton

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 320pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526797582

Weight: 719g

Original Price: £16.99

Price:    £6.99 

Anglo-Boer War in 100 Objects.

Anglo-Boer War in 100 Objects.

An engaging and extremely readable history.

Publisher: Frontline Books.

Hardback. 264pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN 9781526734037

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Anglo-Saxons at War, The - 800 to 1066

Anglo-Saxons at War, The - 800 to 1066

Author: Paul Hill

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 224pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399077156

Weight: 319g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £5.99 

Armies of Plantagenet England, 1135-1337

Armies of Plantagenet England, 1135-1337

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

Price:    £9.99 

Armies of the Crimean War.

Armies of the Crimean War.

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

Price:    £7.99 

Armies of the Thracians & Dacians 500 BC - AD 150.

Armies of the Thracians & Dacians 500 BC - AD 150.

History, organization & equipment.

Author: Gabriele Esposito.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Hardback. 192pp. 17cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526772749

Weight: 833

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars

Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars

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

Price:    £6.99 

Badon and the Early Wars for Wessex - Paperback

Badon and the Early Wars for Wessex - Paperback

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

Price:    £7.99 

Battle of Actium 31 BC, The

Battle of Actium 31 BC, The

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

Price:    £5.99 

Battle of Dyrrhachium, The

Battle of Dyrrhachium, The

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

Price:    £7.99 

Battles of Antiochus the Great, The

Battles of Antiochus the Great, The

Antiochus III, the king of the Seleucid Empire for four decades, ruled a powerful state for a long time. He fought and won many battles from India to Egypt, and he lost almost as many. Compared with most of the other Hellenistic monarchs of Macedonian-founded kingdoms, Antiochus had a greater variety of units that he could field in his army. 

Author: Graham Wrightson.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 154pp. 16x24x1.7cm.

ISBN: 9781526793461

Weight: 600g.

Original Price: £20.00

Price:    £7.99 

Battles of King Arthur, The

Battles of King Arthur, The

The ninth century Historia Brittonum is the first source that mentions Arthur and lists twelve battles, including the famous Badon Hill. Much ink has been spilt debating the identity and location of Arthur. This book will demonstrate that some of the battles can indeed be located with some confidence. 

Author: Tony Sullivan.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 267pp. 16x24x2.4cm.

ISBN: 9781399015301

Weight: 850g.

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Battles of the Wars of the Roses

Battles of the Wars of the Roses

Written with the most up-to-date archaeological and documentary research, and including many images of the main protagonists, battle sites, maps and genealogical charts, this is a fascinating new insight into the Wars of the Roses.

Author: David Cohen

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399083102

Weight: 694g

Original Price: £22.00

Price:    £7.99 

Battles That Created England 793-1100, The

Battles That Created England 793-1100, The

How Alfred and his Successors Defeated the Vikings to Unite the Kingdoms.

Author: Arthur C Wright

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399087988

Weight: 573g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

British Army 1714-1783, The. An Institutional History.

British Army 1714-1783, The. An Institutional History.

Stephen Conway offers a very different view of how the British army operated between the Hanoverian succession and the end of the War of American Independence.

Author: Prof Stephen Conway.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 204pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526711403

Weight: 537

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Bronze Age Military Equipment

Bronze Age Military Equipment

This book is a fascinating discussion of the development of the military equipment of the earliest organized armies.

Author: Dan Howard

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 192pp. 15.5cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399023375

Weight: 326g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £6.99 

Byzantine Fortifications

Byzantine Fortifications

Protecting the Roman Empire in the East

The Byzantine empire was one of the most powerful forces in the Mediterranean and Near East for over a thousand years. Strong military organization, in particular widespread fortifications, was essential for its defence. 

Author: Dr Nikos Kontogiannis.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 271pp. 16x24x2cm.

ISBN: 9781526710253

Weight: 800g.

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £9.99 

Caracalla: A Military Biography

Caracalla: A Military Biography

Caracalla has one of the worst reputations of any Roman Emperor. Many ancient historians were very hostile and Edward Gibbon later dubbed him the common enemy of mankind. Yet his reign was considered by at least one Roman author to be the apogee of the Roman Empire.

Author: Ilkka Syvänne

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 368pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399074827

Weight: 635g

Original Price: £16.99

Price:    £6.99 

Castle To Fortress

Castle To Fortress

Across western Europe the long tradition of castle-building took on its most sophisticated form in the later medieval period and then, in response to the development of gunpowder weapons, it underwent a fundamental change – from castle to fortress. This, the second volume of a highly illustrated new study of medieval fortification, gives a fascinating insight into the last great age of castles and the centuries of violence and conflict they were part of.

Author: J.E. Kaufmann & H.W Kaufmann

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 18cm by 25.5cm.

ISBN 9781526736871

Weight. 0.822Kg

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Conquerors of the Roman Empire: The Vandals

Conquerors of the Roman Empire: The Vandals

Part of: Conquerors of the Roman Empire (3 books).

Author: Simon MacDowall

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 208pp. 16.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399020848

Weight: 365g

Original Price: £15.99

Price:    £6.99 

Crisis of Rome, The.

Crisis of Rome, The.

The Jugurthine & Northern Wars & the rise of Marius.

Author: Gareth C Sampson.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Paperback.288 pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781526781772

Weight: 484

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £4.99 

Crusades in 100 Objects,The.

Crusades in 100 Objects,The.

For half a millennium, throughout almost the entire medieval period, the Catholic church sanctioned military campaigns against what it perceived as its enemies. The rise of Islam and its spread across large parts of the Middle East, Asia, North Africa and even the peripheries of Europe, saw Muslim warriors seize the Holy Land, occupy Jerusalem and threaten Constantinople.

Author: James Waterson

Publisher: Frontline Books

Hardback. 251pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN 9781526795304

Weight. 838g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Danube Frontier,The.

Danube Frontier,The.

The Roman conquests of Macedonia in the 2nd century BC led directly to the extension of their authority over the troublesome tribes of Thrace to the south of the Danube. But their new neighbour on the other side of the mighty river, the kingdom of the Dacians, was to pose an increasing threat to the Roman empire. Inevitably this eventually provoked Roman attempts at invasion and conquest.

Author: Michael Schmitz

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 149pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781848848245

Weight. 445g

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £6.99 

English Collusion and Norman Conquest.

English Collusion and Norman Conquest.

Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive analysis of eleventh century warfare as exposed in the record of the Norman Conquest of England.

Author: Arthur C Wright.

Publisher: Frontline Books.

Hardback.214pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526773708

Weight:

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £7.99 

Forts and Roman Strategy

Forts and Roman Strategy

Paul Coby here proposes a new system for the recording and mapping of Roman forts and fortifications that integrates all the data, including size, dating and identification of occupying units. Application of these methods allows analysis that brings new insights into the placement of these forts, the units garrisoning them and the strategy of conquest and defence they underpinned.

Author: Paul Coby.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 257pp. 17.5x25x2cm.

ISBN: 9781526772107

Weight: 1kg.

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £9.99 

French at Waterloo: Eyewitness Accounts.

French at Waterloo: Eyewitness Accounts.

The authors account of Napoleon's actions and his view of what happened on that decisive day, and those of his close associates, make fascinating reading.

Author: Andrew W Field.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 154pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526768469

Weight: 478

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £6.99 

Gunner at Large.

Gunner at Large.

Any readers of Wood's fascinating diary with a modest knowledge of the times will fully agree with Dalrymple in his 'Military essay' of 1761 that “of all the various branches of our profession none hath made greater progress in it than the Royal Artillery”.

Author: Rex Whitworth.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Paperback. 162pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399016056

Weight: 348

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £4.99 

Hellenistic Naval Warfare and Warships 326-30 BC

Hellenistic Naval Warfare and Warships 326-30 BC

War at Sea from Alexander to Actium.

Author: Michael Paul Pitassi

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 272pp. 18cm by 25.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399097604

Weight: 994g

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £12.99 

Into Valley Of Death.

Into Valley Of Death.

This work truly lifts the lid on the events of over 150 years ago and through the words of the survivors allows the reader to assign the responsibility for the Charge having taken place and for the consequent loss of the Light Brigade.

Author: Nick Thomas.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 358pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526722928

Weight: 773

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Justinian II.

Justinian II.

Justinian II became Roman emperor at a time when the Empire was beset by external enemies.

Author: Dr Peter Crawford

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 430pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526755308

Weight: 934

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £9.99 

Kingdom of Anglo Saxons

Kingdom of Anglo Saxons

The Wars of King Alfred 865-899.

Author: Paul Hill

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526782496

Weight: 870g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Landscapes of the Norman Conquest

Landscapes of the Norman Conquest

Author: Trevor Rowley

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526724281

Weight: 974g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Last Cavalry Sword, The

Last Cavalry Sword, The

An Illustrated History of the Twilight Years of Cavalry Swords.

Author: C Anthony Burke

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 192pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781399081283

Weight: 549g

Original Price: £22.00

Price:    £7.99 

Life In Napoleon's Army

Life In Napoleon's Army

The Graphic Memoirs of Captain Elzear Blaze (Napoleonic Library).

Author: Elzear Blaze

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 216pp. 15.5cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399019705

Weight: 354g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £6.99 

Marching, Fighting, Dying.

Marching, Fighting, Dying.

Since this was the first war in history where regular postal services operated – and since a rising number of soldiers were able to read and write – their letters offer us an insight into men at war that has never been recorded before.

Author: Gareth Glover.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 302pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526760227

Weight: 686

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Medieval Crossbow, The

Medieval Crossbow, The

The crossbow is an iconic weapon of the Middle Ages and, alongside the longbow, one of the most effective ranged weapons of the pre-gunpowder era.

Author: Dr Stuart Ellis-Gorman.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 208pp. 16x24x2cm.

ISBN: 9781526789532

Weight: 750g.

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Memoirs of a French Napoleonic Officer

Memoirs of a French Napoleonic Officer

Jean-Baptiste Barres, Chasseur of the Imperial Guard (Napoleonic Library).

Author: Jean-Baptiste Barres

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 224pp. 14cm by 20cm.

ISBN: 9781399077231

Weight: 309g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £5.99 

Men of Wellington’s Light Division, The

Men of Wellington’s Light Division, The

Unpublished Memoirs from the 43rd Light Infantry in the Peninsular War.

Author: Gareth Glkover, Robert Burnham

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 256pp. 16.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399099080

Weight: 484g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Napoleon in 100 Objects.

Napoleon in 100 Objects.

One of the most turbulent eras in history, one that, to this day, still bears Bonaparte's name.

Author: Gareth Glover.

Publisher: Frontline Books.

Hardback. 290pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN 9781526731364

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Napoleon's Imperial Guard.

Napoleon's Imperial Guard.

A detailed analysis of the organization, uniforms and weapons of the French Imperial Guard created by Napoleon I.

Author: Gabriele Esposito.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 148pp. 17cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781526786715

Weight: 658

Original Price: £19.99

Price:    £9.99 

Rise and Fall of the Mounted Knight, The

Rise and Fall of the Mounted Knight, The

The medieval mounted knight was a fearsome weapon of war, captivating and horrifying in equal measure, they are a continuing source of fascination.

Author: Clive Hart

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 248pp. 16cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399082044

Weight: 644g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

Roman Empire at War

Roman Empire at War

A Compendium of Battles from 31 B.C. to A.D. 565.

Author: Don Taylor

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 224pp. 15.5cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399085205

Weight: 361g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £6.99 

Roman Gladius and the Ancient Fighting Techniques, The

Roman Gladius and the Ancient Fighting Techniques, The

Volume 1 - Monarchy and Consular Age.

Author: Fabrizio Casprini

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 304pp. 18cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781526778338

Weight: 1.22kg

Original Price: £35.00

Price:    £14.99 

Salamanca Campaign 1812.

Salamanca Campaign 1812.

After a gap of two years, the 1812 Salamanca Campaign saw Wellington taking the offensive in Spain against Marshal Marmont’s Army of Portugal. Marching from the border fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo, which fell to the Allies in January, neither commander was willing to take the risk of a general action without a clear tactical advantage. The result were stand-offs as Wellington offered battle on the San Christóbal Heights, but once the small French-garrisoned forts left behind in Salamanca fell, Marmont withdrew to the Douro.

Author:Tim Saunders

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 262pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781399001366

Weight. 762g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Sharpshooter in the Crimea

Sharpshooter in the Crimea

The Letters of the Captain Gerald Goodlake VC 1854-56.

Author: Michael Springman

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 240pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399074483

Weight: 364g

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £5.99 

Siege Warfare during the Hundred Years War

Siege Warfare during the Hundred Years War

Once More unto the Breach.

Author: Peter Hoskins

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 256pp. 15.5cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399074766

Weight: 444g

Original Price: £16.99

Price:    £6.99 

Storm of Spears, A.

Storm of Spears, A.

The backbone of classical Greek armies was the phalanx of heavily armoured spearmen, or hoplites. These were the soldiers that defied the might of Persia at Marathon, Thermopylae and Plataea and, more often, fought each other in the countless battles of the Greek city-states. For around two centuries they were the dominant soldiers of the Classical world, in great demand as mercenaries throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East.

Author: Christopher Matthew

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 314pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781399013468

Weight. 0.589Kg

Original Price: £15.99

Price:    £6.99 

Sword of Scotland.

Sword of Scotland.

The dramatic story of Scotland's military heritage throughout the ages right up to the present day.

Author: Anthony Leask.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Paperback. 224pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781526796950

Weight: 460

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £4.99 

The Napoleonic Wars - The Compact Guide

The Napoleonic Wars - The Compact Guide

Author: Richard Holmes

Publisher: Welbeck

Paperback. 144pp. 13cm by 20cm.

ISBN: 9780233005942

Original Price: £7.99

Price:    £2.99 

Warfare, Raiding and Defence in Early Medieval Britain.

Warfare, Raiding and Defence in Early Medieval Britain.

Warfare, Raiding and Defence in early medieval Britain is an examination of warfare in the period AD400-850, often called the Dark Ages, which is roughly the period between the end of Roman rule and the arrival of large Viking armies.

Author: Dr Erik Grigg.

Publisher: Crowood Press.

Hardback. 224pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN 9780719826788

Weight. 525

Original Price: £22.00

Price:    £9.99 

War in Roman Myth and Legend.

War in Roman Myth and Legend.

This book redresses the relative lack of work published on the role of war in classical myth & legend.

Author: Paul Chrystal.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 234pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781526766120

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £7.99 

War of the Three Gods, The

War of the Three Gods, The

Romans, Persians and the Rise of Islam.

Author: Peter Crawford

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 272pp. 15.5cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399023351

Weight: 470g

Original Price: £16.99

Price:    £6.99 

Wargaming Nineteenth Century Europe 1815-1878.

Wargaming Nineteenth Century Europe 1815-1878.

This is the ideal book for those new to gaming this period and veterans alike.

Author: Neil Thomas.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Paperback. 194pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399014335

Weight: 385

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £4.99 

Wellington Against Soult.

Wellington Against Soult.

The second invasion of Portugal 1809.

Author: David Buttery.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Paperback. 230pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN 9781526781628

Original Price: £15.99

Price:    £4.99 

Wellington's Light Division in the Peninsular War.

Wellington's Light Division in the Peninsular War.

The formations, campaigns and battles of Wellington's famous fighting force 1810.

Author: Robert Burnham.

Publisher: Frontline Books.

Hardback. 434pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781526758903

Original Price: £30.00

Price:    £9.99 

Welsh Castle Builders

Welsh Castle Builders

Author: John Marshall

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 272pp. 16cm by 23cm.

ISBN: 9781399085489

Weight: 636g

Original Price: £25.00

Price:    £9.99 

Yank and the Rebel Rangers.

Yank and the Rebel Rangers.

Special Operations in the American Civil War.

Author: Robert W. Black.

Publisher: Pen & Sword.

Paperback. 370pp. 15cm by 23cm.

ISBN 9781526792006

Original Price: £14.99

Price:    £4.99 

Zulu War, The - Then & Now.

Zulu War, The - Then & Now.

The Zulu War Then and Now is a departure from the normal timescale covered by After the Battle and enables a completely fresh approach to be given to one of the most widely known military campaigns of the Victorian era.

Author: Ian Knight & Ian Castle.

Publisher: After the Battle.

Hardback. 168pp. 21cm by 26cm.

ISBN: 9780900913754

Weight: 1306

Original Price: £24.95

Price:    £9.99 

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