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The Battles of Bonnie Prince Charlie
The Young Chevalier at War
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399061148
Pub Date: 2024-01-18
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
232 Pages
Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788) was the grandson of Britain’s last Stuart king and the last of his line to fight for their right to the throne. Born in Rome and raised at his father’s...
Anson
Royal Naval Commander and Statesman, 1697-1762
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781804511923
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Helion and Company
250 Pages
Admiral Anson won fame and fortune during his circumnavigation of the globe, 1740-1744. He defeated the French at Cape Finisterre, 1747 and, as First Lord, reformed the officer corps and modernized ship design. Lord Anson made a major contribution to the defeat of France and Spain in the Seven Years War.
The Men of Wellington’s Light Division
Unpublished Memoirs from the 43rd Light Infantry in the Peninsular War
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399099080
Pub Date: 2022-10-07
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Frontline Books
240 Pages
Some of the most famous memoirs of Britain’s long war against Napoleon have come from the pens of members of Wellington’s Light Division, but many wonderful accounts were never published and have sat in archives, libraries, museums, and private collections, forgotten for 200 years.
Leading Like the Swamp Fox
The Leadership Lessons of Francis Marion
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781636241159
Pub Date: 2022-06-07
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Casemate
256 Pages
A study of Francis Marion's leadership in the South Carolina lowcountry campaigns.
Prince Eugene of Savoy
A Genius for War Against Louis XIV and the Ottoman Empire
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781526753533
Pub Date: 2022-04-29
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
232 Pages
A lifelong bachelor although fond of women, Eugene was both a typical hard-bitten soldier and an accomplished diplomat, as well as a great patron of the arts.
Gunner at Large
The Diary of James Wood R. A. 1746–1765
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399016056
Pub Date: 2022-02-03
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
196 Pages
Any reader 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”.
Lobositz to Leuthen
Horace St Paul and the Campaigns of the Austrian Army in the Seven Years War 1756-57
Price: $79.95
ISBN: 9781914059643
Pub Date: 2022-01-05
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Helion and Company
714 Pages
This is a landmark work in the history of the Seven Years War.
Balchen's Victory
The Loss and Rediscovery of an Admiral and His Ship
Price: $29.99
ISBN: 9781399094139
Pub Date: 2021-12-17
Format: Digital download
Imprint: Seaforth Publishing
256 Pages
This is the story of Admiral Sir John Balchen, his life and career, and HMS Victory, the largest, finest ship-of-the-line in the Royal Navy at the time, which he commanded when both were lost, along with more than 1,000 crew, in an October storm in the English Channel in 1744.
The Battles of Bonnie Prince Charlie
The Young Chevalier at War
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399061148
Pub Date: 2024-01-18
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword History
232 Pages
Anson
Royal Naval Commander and Statesman, 1697-1762
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781804511923
Pub Date: 2023-06-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Helion and Company
250 Pages
The Men of Wellington’s Light Division
Unpublished Memoirs from the 43rd Light Infantry in the Peninsular War
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399099080
Pub Date: 2022-10-07
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Frontline Books
240 Pages
Leading Like the Swamp Fox
The Leadership Lessons of Francis Marion
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781636241159
Pub Date: 2022-06-07
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Casemate
256 Pages
Prince Eugene of Savoy
A Genius for War Against Louis XIV and the Ottoman Empire
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781526753533
Pub Date: 2022-04-29
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
232 Pages
Gunner at Large
The Diary of James Wood R. A. 1746–1765
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781399016056
Pub Date: 2022-02-03
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
196 Pages
Lobositz to Leuthen
Horace St Paul and the Campaigns of the Austrian Army in the Seven Years War 1756-57
Price: $79.95
ISBN: 9781914059643
Pub Date: 2022-01-05
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Helion and Company
714 Pages
Balchen's Victory
The Loss and Rediscovery of an Admiral and His Ship
Price: $29.99
ISBN: 9781399094139
Pub Date: 2021-12-17
Format: Digital download
Imprint: Seaforth Publishing
256 Pages