THE MISSION: EARLY CHRISTIANITY FROM THE CRUCIFIXION TO THE CRUSADES
Shadow on the White House
1993
NON-FICTIONHarry Truman's administration began searching for an American response to the clash in Indochina between Frech colonialism and Vietminh communism in 1945. Thirty years and five administrations later, ...
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.
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.
Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England
2005
NON-FICTIONThe definitive modern account of the Battle of Agincourt, combining close reading of contemporary sources with analysis of the armies, terrain, and tactics that produced Henry V's famous victory.
Agincourt
2009
FICTION"The greatest writer of historical adventures today" (Washington Post) tackles his richest, most thrilling subject yet—the heroic tale of Agincourt. Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by a cursed past—haun...
The Forgotten War: America in Korea 1950-1953
1987
NON-FICTIONThe most exhaustive single-volume history of the Korean War, covering every major campaign from the Pusan Perimeter to the armistice.
The Prince
1515
MILITARY HISTORYThe Prince (Italian: Il Principe [il ˈprintʃipe]; Latin: De Principatibus) is a 16th-century political treatise written by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli as an instruction...
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War
2007
MEMOIRFirst-person account of urban combat in Fallujah in November 2004 by a decorated Army staff sergeant. The most visceral account of close-quarters combat in the Iraq War.
The Traveller's Handbook for Constantinople, Gallipoli and Asia Minor
1923
NON-FICTIONThe Face of Battle
1976
NON-FICTIONLandmark study examining three battles — Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme — from the perspective of the ordinary soldier, asking what combat is actually like for those who must endure it.
The Military Revolution in Sixteenth-century Europe
1995
NON-FICTIONThis ground-breaking study represents a new twist in the already complicated debate on military change in the early modern period. Previous writers have for the most part defined a 'military revolutio...
French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786-1861
2015
NON-FICTIONIn 1786 the French navy had just emerged from its most successful war of the eighteenth century, and the reputation of its ship design and fighting skills never stood higher. Though the effects of the...
The Great Swindle
2016
NON-FICTIONWinner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt, a timeless story of how war transforms lives in unexpected and often tragic ways as seen through the eyes of three World War I vets The year is 1918, the war o...
2017 War with Russia
2016
NON-FICTION"The author is a world expert in geopolitics and military warfare, and his predictions are based on his experience, insight and knowledge for working for NATO at the highest level. The plot and events...
The Fire Fighter
2002
NON-FICTIONSebastian Faulks meets Robert Harris in a wonderfully evocative and thrilling first novel about a firefighter in London at the height of the Blitz. Autumn, 1940, and the Luftwaffe is firebombing Londo...
Haig's Medical Officer
2013
NON-FICTIONEugene (Micky) Ryan was born in Ireland and studied medicine at Cork and Edinburgh. After a period of private practice in London he was commissioned into the RAMC in 1901 and saw active service in Sou...
Tomorrow is for Ever
2004
NON-FICTIONAlan Carter was only married to Dora for a week before being called up to serve in The Great War on HMS Viper. Eighteen months later, convalescing from a shoulder wound, he discovers his wife has almo...