This new book explores for the first time the full story of how two Turkish and two Chilean battleships became British capital ships after the outbreak of World War I. Under construction by the shipbuilding giants of Armstrong and Vickers in August 1914 Sultan Osman I... Lees meer.

The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield. an imperishable account of the direct experience of individuals at the point of maximum danger . The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield. an imperishable account of the direct experi... Lees meer.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes explains how his own ancestors were key players through the centuries of turbulent Anglo-French history that led up to Agincourt and he uses his experience as expedition leader and soldier to give us a fresh perspective on one of the bloodiest perio... Lees meer.

The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield. an imperishable account of the direct experience of individuals at the point of maximum danger . It examines the physical conditions of fighting the particular emotions and behaviour generated by b... Lees meer.

A night fell in Picardy on Thursday 24 October 1415 Henry V and his English troops worn down by their long march in search of a crossing of the Somme can only have dreamt that the battle of the next day would be remembered as one of the most momentous victories ever... Lees meer.

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All was bustle and activity throughout Flanders and Burgundy after the return of John the Bold from Paris. Night and day messengers were crossing the country from one town to another and every castle in the land saw gatherings of men-at-arms and archers. The land is de... Lees meer.

On 25 October 1415 a trapped and vastly-outnumbered force of exhausted and demoralised English archers and men-at-arms faced a colossal army of French knights on a desolate field in northern France. What took place that day became one of the greatest moments of the Hun... Lees meer.

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Traces the evolution of military strategy and tactics through close analyses of the eighteen most celebrated victories in the history of land warfare and assesses the role of chance planning maneuver improvisation and weather in combat... Lees meer.

This book gathers together contributions from renowned experts on late medieval warfare who offer new insights into the Battle of Agincourt and its immediate context. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Medieval History. This bo... Lees meer.

The best-selling novel about the queen who founded the Tudor dynasty. A bewitching first novel...alive with historical detail Good Housekeeping. Her beauty fuelled a war. Her courage captured a king. Her passion would launch the Tudor dynasty. When her own first child... Lees meer.

Agincourt took place on 25 October 1415 and was a turning-point not only in the Hundred Years War between England and France but also in the history of weaponry. Azincourt as it is now is in the Pas-de-Calais and the French were famously defeated by an army led by He... Lees meer.