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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: 600g

Original Price: £25.00

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

Keeping the Home Fires Burning tells the story of how the troops and the general public were kept happy and content during the First World War. Between 1914 and 1918 there was entertainment of the masses for the sole purpose of promotion of the war effort.

Author: Phil Carradice

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 210pp. 16.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN 9781399004411

Weight. 0.530 kg

Original Price: £20.00

Based on his own recollections, as told to the author Marcus Nannini, this is Harry Watson’s exciting account of the air war told, unusually, through the words of a transport pilot.

Author: Marcus A. Nannini.

Publisher: Air World.

Hardback. 216pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781526792730

Weight: 646

Original Price: £20.00

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

70 years on we picture the locations of the robberies and shoot-outs and seek out graves of those who died, lest their victims be overshadowed and forgotton by the legendary exploits of Bonnie and Clyde.

Author: Winston G. Ramsey

Publisher: After the Battle

Hardback. 204pp. 22cm by 30cm.

ISBN: 9781870067515

Original Price: £29.95

Pirates and Privateers tells the fascinating story of the buccaneers who were the scourge of merchants in the 18th Century. 

Author: Mike Rendell.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 173pp. 16x24x1.7cm.

ISBN: 9781526731654

Weight: 600g.

Original Price: £19.99

A historian’s account of the experience of Poland’s people and its military before, during, and after World War II—from 1918 to 1991.

Author: Andrew Rawson

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 212pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781526743923

Original Price: £19.99

When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC, he left an empire that stretched from the shores of the Adriatic to the mountains of Afghanistan. This empire did not survive Alexander's death, and rapidly broke into several successor states. 

Author: Dr Philip Matyszak.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 168pp. 16x24x2cm..

ISBN: 9781473874763

Weight: 500g.

Original Price: £19.99

150 Years of Blood and Fire

Author: Stephen Huggins.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16x24x2cm.

ISBN: 9781399098229

Weight: 700g.

Original Price: £25.00

Exploring entirely new ground to investigate 150 years of murder and present it through the "Then & Now" theme of comparison photographs.

Edited by Winston Ramsey.

Publisher: After the Battle..

Hardback. 368pp. 21cm by 30cm.

ISBN: 9781870067751

Weight: 1810

Original Price: £39.95

John, Lord Wenlock and the Wars of the Roses.

John Wenlock, first Lord Wenlock, was a leading diplomat, courtier and soldier during the Wars of the Roses whose remarkable career offers us a fascinating insight into one of the most turbulent periods in English medieval history.

Author: Dr Alexander Brondarbit.

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 195pp. 16x24x2.3cm.

ISBN: 9781399003476

Weight: 550g.

Original Price: £19.99