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  • 1066

    A Guide to the Battles and the Campaigns

    by Michael Livingston, Kelly DeVries ...
    An illustrated history and guide to the Battle of Hastings by two leading medieval military historians.The Battle of Hastings, fought on 14 October 1066, changed the course of English history. This most famous moment of the Norman Conquest was recorded in graphic detail in the threads of the Bayeux Tapestry, providing a priceless glimpse into a brutal conflict.In this fresh look at the battle and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Joan of Arc: A Military Leader

    A Military Leader

    by Kelly DeVries, Kelly DeVries ...
    In 1428 a young girl from a small French village approached the royal castle of Vaucouleurs with a now famous tales. Heavenly voices, she said, had told her to seek out the Dauphin, Charles, so that he might give her an army with which to deliver France from its English occupiers. The ensuing tale of Joan's military success is told here in a gripping and authoritative narrative. Previous works ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Guns and Men in Medieval Europe, 1200-1500

    Studies in Military History and Technology

    by Kelly DeVries ...
    Series series Variorum Collected Studies
    These articles are devoted to the two main aspects of medieval warfare: men and technology. Men fought, led, and ultimately killed in war, while the technology that they used facilitated these tasks. The first group of essays highlights human strengths in the fighting of medieval wars, with a focus on events of the 14th and 15th centuries, specifically the Anglo-French wars and wars against the ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Medieval Warfare 1300–1450

    Edited by Kelly DeVries ...
    Series series The International Library of Essays on Military History
    War was epidemic in the late Middle Ages. It affected every land and all peoples from Scotland and Scandinavia in the north to the southern Mediterranean Sea coastlines of Morocco, North Africa, Egypt, and the Middle East in the south, from Ireland and Spain in the west to Russia and Turkey in the east. Nowhere was peaceful for any significant amount of time. The period also saw significant ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Medieval Weapons

    An Illustrated History of Their Impact

    by Robert D. Smith, Kelly DeVries ...
    Series series Weapons and Warfare
    This fascinating reference covers the weapons and armor used by warriors from the 4th to the 15th century and discusses how and why they changed over time.In the Middle Ages, the lack of standardized weapons meant that one warrior's arms were often quite different from another's, even when they were fighting on the same side. And with few major technological advances in that period, the evolution ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Warfare in the Dark Ages

    by Kelly DeVries ...
    Series series The International Library of Essays on Military History
    The articles in this volume explore the way in which military developments helped to sculpt, out of very strange and diverse components, our familiar Europe. The period studied covers the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the rise of the Carolingian Empire and its eventual collapse, leaving a vacuum in the heart of Europe into which flowed new forces: the Vikings from outside and the great lords ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Campaldino 1289

    The battle that made Dante

    by Kelly DeVries, Niccolò Capponi, Paul Kime, Bounford.com ...
    Series Book 324 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated account of one of the major battles of Italy's 13th century wars, immortalized in the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri who was one of the combatants.Campaldino is one of the important battles between the Guelphs and Ghibellines - the major political factions in the city states of central and northern Italy. It heralded the rise of Florence to a dominant position over the area ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Castagnaro 1387

    Hawkwood’s Great Victory

    by Kelly DeVries, Niccolò Capponi ...
    Series Book 337 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated study of the medieval Italian battle of Castagnaro, the famous English condottiere captain Sir John Hawkwood's greatest victory.The battle of Castagnaro, fought on 11 March 1387 between the Veronese and the Paduans, is one of the most famous Italian medieval conflicts in the English-speaking world. This is thanks in no small part to the exploits of the renowned English ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    Rome Against the Cimbri, 113–101 BC

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    Partly as a result of poor commanders and partly because the Romans had an innate and misguided belief in the invincibility of their legions, the first battles against the Cimbri were a series of disasters. These culminated in the Battle of Arausio in 105 BC when two Roman armies were utterly destroyed. Rome finally realized that their republic faced an existential threat, and made the necessary ... Read more

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  • Celtic Warfare

    From the Fifth Century BC to the First Century AD

    by Gioal Canestrelli ...
    An in-depth study of Celtic warfare's evolution from early rise to Roman conquest—with more than 120 illustrations.Warfare was a crucial aspect of Celtic society, deeply linked to its cultural influence throughout Europe. From its rise to prominence in the fifth century BC to its final fall in the 1st century AD, the La Téne culture's approach to warfare was constantly evolving. These changes were ... Read more

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  • Gunfighter Nation

    The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America

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  • The Triumvirate

    Captain Edward J. Smith, Bruce Ismay, Thomas Andrews and the Sinking of Titanic

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