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The Anzac Book
2021
NON-FICTIONSoldiers from the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) and New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) were formed into the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) in Egypt in early 1915. This combined fo...
Shadows of Anzac
2016
NON-FICTIONOn 25 April 1915, with the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) below the slopes of Sari Bair on the Gallipoli peninsula, the ANZAC legend was born. Nine months later, having s...
They Shall Not Pass
2002
NON-FICTIONThe story of the longest and most devastating battle of the Great War.
The Somme
2005
NON-FICTIONDefinitive modern account of the Battle of the Somme and its horrific toll.
Gallipoli
2011
NON-FICTIONComprehensive account of the doomed Gallipoli campaign using firsthand sources.
Agincourt: A New History
2005
NON-FICTIONThe definitive modern account of Agincourt, drawing on English and French sources to reconstruct the battle and debunk centuries of myth.
Azincourt
2008
FICTIONCornwell's masterful novel follows an English archer through the brutal Agincourt campaign — mud, terror, and the long-bow's devastating power.
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
1984
NON-FICTIONA landmark work that recounts the Crusades entirely from the perspective of the Arab chroniclers who lived through them.
All Quiet on the Western Front
1929
FICTIONThe defining anti-war novel — a young German soldier's experience of the Western Front's industrial slaughter, told with devastating simplicity.
The Guns of August
1962
NON-FICTIONPulitzer Prize-winning account of the first month of WWI. Tuchman shows how miscalculation and momentum dragged Europe into catastrophe.
Slaughterhouse-Five
1968
MILITARY HISTORYSlaughterhouse-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured...
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged
1776
MILITARY HISTORYGibbon's masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century a.d. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century, is widely c...
The Age of Fable
1800
MILITARY HISTORYDrawing on the works of Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and other classical authors, as well as an immense trove of stories about the Norse gods and heroes, The Age of Fable offers lively retellings of the myths...
Ivanhoe
1800
MILITARY HISTORYThe father of the historical novel, Sir Walter Scott invented a literary form that has remained popular for over one hundred and fifty years. Infusing his works with romance, action, and suspense, he ...