Hue 1968

Mark Bowden

2017

Gripping account of the bloodiest battle of the Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War's turning point.

Agincourt: A New History

Anne Curry

2005

The definitive modern account of Agincourt, drawing on English and French sources to reconstruct the battle and debunk centuries of myth.

Azincourt

Bernard Cornwell

2008

Cornwell'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

Amin Maalouf

1984

A landmark work that recounts the Crusades entirely from the perspective of the Arab chroniclers who lived through them.

Medieval warfare

Geoffrey Hindley

1971

Medieval Warfare

Tara Steele

2003

Medieval warfare source book

David Nicolle

1995

Brief History of Medieval Warfare

Peter Reid

2008

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

1968

Slaughterhouse-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

Edward Gibbon

1776

Gibbon'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

Thomas Bulfinch

1800

Drawing 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

Sir Walter Scott

1800

The 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 ...

Henry IV, Part 1

William Shakespeare

1598

Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.

Crusades

Benjamin Z. Kedar

2008

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom

1971

The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom by Corrie ten Boom, John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill (Goodreads Author) "At one time Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ...

The Jakarta Method

Vincent Bevins

2020

In this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins builds on his incisive reporting for the Washington Post, using recently declassified documents, archival research and eye-witness testimony ...

Soviet storm

Mike Lepine

2016

Soviet Storm tells the complete story of the War on the Eastern Front, profiling the epic campaigns and battles, revealing the tactics employed by both sides and exposing the true horrors of a conflic...

Korean War

Captivating History

2017

It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Max Hastings—preeminent military historian—takes us back to the bloody bitter struggle to...

Howards End

E. M. Forster

1910

Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. A strong-willed and intelligent woman refuses to allow the pretensi...

Het Achterhuis

Anne Frank

1944

Het Achterhuis is de titel van het dagboek van Anne Frank (1929-1945) voor het eerst uitgegeven op 25 juni 1947. Het is genoemd naar het onderduikpand Het Achterhuis op de Prinsengracht en is het verh...