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The Traveller's Handbook for Constantinople, Gallipoli and Asia Minor
The Traveller's Handbook for Constantinople, Gallipoli and Asia Minor

Roy Elston

1923

NON-FICTION
Same eventTags: Europe, Medieval, Mediterranean, Siege
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1815 in Europe

Raymond Mccarthy

2012

NON-FICTION

What's so special about Battle Of Waterloo?In this new, compelling book from author Raymond Mccarthy, find out more about Battle Of Waterloo ...The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 181...

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The Peloponnesian War

Donald Kagan

2003

NON-FICTION

Kagan's single-volume masterpiece covering the entire war between Athens and Sparta.

Tags: Europe, Mediterranean, Siege
MATCH 08
Agincourt: A New History

Anne Curry

2005

NON-FICTION

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

Tags: Europe, Medieval
MATCH 08
Azincourt
Azincourt

Bernard Cornwell

2008

FICTION

Cornwell's masterful novel follows an English archer through the brutal Agincourt campaign — mud, terror, and the long-bow's devastating power.

Tags: Europe, Medieval
MATCH 08
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

Amin Maalouf

1984

NON-FICTION

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

Tags: Medieval, Siege
MATCH 08
Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England

Juliet Barker

2005

NON-FICTION

The 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.

Tags: Europe, Medieval
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Agincourt
Agincourt

Bernard Cornwell

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...

Tags: Europe, Medieval
MATCH 05
Hue 1968

Mark Bowden

2017

NON-FICTION

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

Tags: Cold War
MATCH 05
Gates of Fire

Steven Pressfield

1998

FICTION

A vivid fictional account of the 300 Spartans who held the pass at Thermopylae. Widely regarded as the finest military historical novel ever written.

Tags: Europe
MATCH 05
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

Tom Holland

2005

NON-FICTION

Holland's gripping narrative of the Persian invasions of Greece, from Marathon to Salamis, and how a tiny Greek coalition stopped the mightiest empire on earth.

Tags: Europe
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The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC

Adrian Goldsworthy

2000

NON-FICTION

Definitive modern account of all three Punic Wars, from Hannibal's crossing of the Alps to the final destruction of Carthage.

Tags: Europe
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Tom Holland

2003

NON-FICTION

Gripping narrative of Rome's transformation from republic to empire, from Sulla's march on Rome to Julius Caesar's assassination.

Tags: Europe
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The Forgotten War: America in Korea 1950-1953

Clay Blair

1987

NON-FICTION

The most exhaustive single-volume history of the Korean War, covering every major campaign from the Pusan Perimeter to the armistice.

Tags: Cold War
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Medieval warfare
Medieval warfare

Geoffrey Hindley

1971

MILITARY HISTORY
Tags: Medieval
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Medieval Warfare
Medieval Warfare

Tara Steele

2003

MILITARY HISTORY
Tags: Medieval
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Medieval warfare source book
Medieval warfare source book

David Nicolle

1995

MILITARY HISTORY
Tags: Medieval
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Brief History of Medieval Warfare
Brief History of Medieval Warfare

Peter Reid

2008

MILITARY HISTORY
Tags: Medieval
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

1968

MILITARY HISTORY

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...

Tags: Medieval
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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Complete and Unabridged

Edward Gibbon

1776

MILITARY HISTORY

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...

Tags: Medieval