Volume two of the supernatural fiction of Mrs Henry Wood
Mrs. Henry Wood was one of a notable cadre of proficient authors of all manner of fiction, much of which appeared serially in the n...więcej »
A lifetime at war with France
When in 1337 King Edward III began his war to regain those lands across the English Channel claimed by France that he considered his own by ancestral right, he in...więcej »
All the characters of the Wild West around the Union Pacific Railroad
This concise book concentrates on the cowboys and the characters and events which surrounded them during the halcyon d...więcej »
A three volume collection of the ghostly tales of Mrs. Oliphant
Scottish author, Margaret Oliphant belonged to a well known and highly regarded group of female fiction writers of the Victo...więcej »
An epic first hand account of high adventure
The Victorian age was notable for the appearance of gentleman soldiers of fortune in the imperial world and there could be no more exotic and e...więcej »
Weird tales from the heartland of New England
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was a highly regarded and prominent 19th century American author. She began writing as a teenager to assist in su...więcej »
A fine work by a highly regarded historian of the Napoleonic AgeEvery period in history has-in its turn-produced great scholars to chronicle it. The names of fine historians are linked with...więcej »
The war the British mounted soldiers knew on the Western FrontThis is an anonymously written recollection of a British cavalry officer (possibly of the 4th Hussars) from ...więcej »
The unsuccessful pursuit of two German Imperial navy warshipsThe Goeben-Breslau Incident was a naval action which took place in 1914 in the Mediterranean at the outbreak ...więcej »
The redoubtable Mrs. Anderson’s Great WarBoston socialite Isabel Weld Perkins (later Anderson) inherited $5,000,000 when she was 5 years old in 1881, so began her l...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 »
An epic of the wild frontiers in Kansas and TexasThis incredible autobiography of a truly outstanding 19th century adventurer, is made even more remarkable because this young Englishman h...więcej »
With the Hood Battalion during the campaign in the DardanellesAlthough there remains much interest in the activities of the Royal Naval Division during the First World War, there is littl...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 »
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 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »