The colourful career of a member of Napoleon's staffThis is the autobiography of the man who became Count Philippe de Segur, general of Division, Peer of France. Born in 1780, Segur was a c...więcej »
With Crook in pursuit of Geronimo and his bandThe author of this book was a U.S soldier in addition to being a well known and highly regarded author on the Apache Wars of the later nineteen...więcej »
An Indian leader’s struggle against the tide of westward pioneer expansionBlack Hawk was a leader and warrior of the Sauk Indian tribe born in the Illinois Territor...więcej »
A superb biography of a famous Texas Ranger on the Western frontierWilliam Jesse ‘Bill’ McDonald was born in Kemper County, Mississippi in 1852, but it was in...więcej »
A classic of the ancient world of warfare
De Re Militari (Concerning Military Affairs), written in the 5th century by Vegetius and translated from the original Latin, is a treatise on warf...więcej »
FROM VICTORY TO DEFEAT IN AMERICA
This is an account of a young Subaltern of the British Army in Southern France
at the time of Napoleon's abdication, who fifi nds himself celebrating the end
of ho...więcej »
At war for the Emperor with the horsemen of the CuirassiersAmong students of the Napoleonic Wars there has long been an enthusiasm for the memoirs of soldiers of Na...więcej »
Forty-four battles of the Napoleonic era in words and picturesNapoleon was one of the most significant figures in world history; a military and administrative genius, statesman and despot, ...więcej »
A first-hand account of the twilight of the arme-blanche at warThis book is particularly engaging for several reasons. It principally concerns the opening campai...więcej »
Rare insights into the chivalric age through the eyewitness accounts of two French knightsChronicle of the Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinopleby Geoffrey de Villehardou...więcej »
Recollections of Napoleon's French Mameluke
Napoleon Bonaparte's adventure in the Middle East brought him in close contact with the Mamelukes-the dominant military caste of Egypt at the cl...więcej »
An amazing account of the survival of an American lady among hostile IndiansThis is a remarkable story of one woman's ordeal and a testament of extraordinary feminine endurance. Mrs Kelly w...więcej »
The Victories of the Armies of Revolutionary France in ItalyLess than three years after Major Bonaparte of the artillery of the army of the Republic had effected the fall of Toulon and, in ...więcej »
A renowned nurse of the civil warBy the time of the American Civil War medical care of wounded soldiers near to the field of battle and within military hospitals had beco...więcej »
Pony Express and Stage Coach—icons of the Western FrontierThe opening of the great North American interior during the 19th century has passed into legend. This was ...więcej »
Accounts of three men who served with the elite Virginia infantry regimentsNo student of the American Civil War can be unaware of the inspirational figure of the Confeder...więcej »
A guide to the hand-gun
Walter Winans was an acknowledged expert on the subject of firearms and shooting of all kinds in the early years of the 20th century and his comprehensive guides to...więcej »
The essential element of the Roman armyWhile the legions of the Roman Imperial Army became both legendary and emblematic of the power of ancient Rome throughout its empire, it was inevitabl...więcej »
Volume 3 of the 6 volume history of the Peninsular War
Fortescue is rightly renowned for his multi-volume magnum opus, ‘The History of the British Army’, ...więcej »
Volume 2 of the 6 volume history of the Peninsular War
Fortescue is rightly renowned for his multi-volume magnum opus, ‘The History of the British Army’, ...więcej »