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Polaris: Submarines, Missiles, the US Navy and the Royal Navy

Polaris: Submarines, Missiles, the US Navy and the Royal Navy

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Home Front: Alfred T. Palmer’s WWII Photography

Home Front: Alfred T. Palmer’s WWII Photography

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We’ve All Life Before Us: A Love Story of the Second World War

We’ve All Life Before Us: A Love Story of the Second World War

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The 28th Infantry Division and the Battle of the Bulge

The 28th Infantry Division and the Battle of the Bulge

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The Children of Charles II: The Merry Monarch’s Fourteen Bastards

The Children of Charles II: The Merry Monarch’s Fourteen Bastards

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Jack Hawkins: A Biography

Jack Hawkins: A Biography

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Understanding Ravenna - available now from Fonthill Media

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Understanding Ravenna

Understanding Ravenna recounts the city’s unique experience as the capital both of the late western Roman Empire and of its successor Gothic Kingdom. It shows the central role played by its bishops as the early Christian Church detached itself from the crumbling imperial government.

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Defending Gloucestershire and Bristol: The Military Landscape from Pre-history to the Present

Defending Bedfordshire: The Military Landscape from Pre-history to the Present

Defending Northamptonshire: The Military Landscape from Pre-history to the Present

The Imperial Families of Ancient Rome

Reportage from Ancient Greece and Rome

Understanding Ravenna

Wars and Battles of Ancient Greece

Roman Record Keeping & Communications

Defending Leicestershire and Rutland

When in Rome: Social Life in Ancient Rome

Warfare in New Kingdom Egypt

Women in Ancient Greece

Hypatia: Mathematician, Philosopher, Myth

Defending Norfolk: The Military Landscape from Prehistory to the Present

A Book of Cats: Literary, Legendary and Historical

Roman Women: The Women who influenced the History of Rome

Everyday Life of a Soldier on Hadrian's Wall

Wars and Battles of the Roman Republic

Legions in Crisis: Transformation of the Roman Soldier AD 192–284

The Children of Richard III - available from Fonthill Media

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The Children of Richard III

The first book to give a comprehensive account of all the children of Richard III, his only legitimate child, Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, his illegitimate children John of Gloucester, and Katherine, who became countess of Huntingdon also other possible children, particularly Richard Plantagenet of Eastwell.

£16.99

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A History of Savoy: Gatekeeper of the Alps

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A History of Savoy: Gatekeeper of the Alps

For seven centuries, Savoy and its Alps were an independent state between France and Italy. Its rulers controlled the passage of armies, merchants and pilgrims over the mountain passes. Annexed to France in 1860, Savoy became its most prosperous region with fifteen million tourists visiting its Alps every year, to walk, climb, parapente or ski.

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Ena and Bee: Queen Victoria’s Spanish Granddaughters

The Prussian Princesses: The Sisters of Kaiser Wilhelm II

A History of Savoy: Gatekeeper of the Alps

Queen Victoria and the European Empires (paperback)

The Wandering Princess: Princess Hélène of France, Duchess of Aosta (1871-1951)

Alfred: Queen Victoria’s Second Son

The End of the Habsburgs: The Decline and Fall of the Austrian Monarchy

The End of the German Monarchy: The Decline and Fall of the Hohenzollerns

Anna Amalia, Grand-Duchess: Patron of Goethe and Schiller

Kaiser Bill! A New Look at Imperial Germany's Last Emperor, Wilhelm II 1859-1941

Queen Victoria and the European Empires (hardback)

Lady Anne Clifford 1590-1676

Reflections from a Roman Lake: Trevignano Romano - A Biography of an Adoptive Home

Evelina: A Victorian Heroine in Venice

The Two Duchesses: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire

Brought Up of Nought: A History of the Woodvile Family

The Reign of King Henry VI

Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire: The Face Without a Frown

The Children of Richard III

Shakespeare’s Missing Years

St George and the Dragons: The Making of English Identity

The Earls of Essex: A Tale of Noble Misfortune

If the Kaiser Comes: Defence Against a German Invasion of Britain in the First World War

King James and the History of Homosexuality

The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth: King of England and France and Lord of Ireland (Volume 2)

The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth: King of England and France and Lord of Ireland (Volume 1)

Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou and the Wars of the Roses: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records

William Shakespeare, the Wars of the Roses and the Historians

Henry VIII: The Evolution of a Reputation

The Daughters of George III

Jasper: The Tudor Kingmaker

Knight Errant: Lord Craven and the Court of the Winter Queen

Edward IV: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters & Records

A Spencer Love Affair: Eighteen Century Theatricals at Blenheim Palace

Richard III: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records

Dearest Bess: The Life and Times of Lady Elizabeth Foster

Towards Disaster: The Greek Army in Asia Minor in 1921

The Children of Charles II: The Merry Monarch’s Fourteen Bastards

The Wandering Princess: Princess Hélène of France, Duchess of Aosta (1871-1951)

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The Wandering Princess: Princess Hélène of France, Duchess of Aosta (1871-1951)

The adventuresome life of a strong-willed princess who hunted in Africa, nursed during the First World War and travelled the world.

£30.00

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The End of the German Monarchy: The Decline and Fall of the Hohenzollerns

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The End of the German Monarchy: The Decline and Fall of the Hohenzollerns

An account of the German monarchy from the years of empire to defeat in war and its hopes of restoration.

£20.00

Shakespeare’s Missing Years

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Shakespeare’s Missing Years

A new work that adds significant detail to knowledge of the playwright’s early life, much of which is new and original.

£16.99

Wars and Battles of Ancient Greece

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Wars and Battles of Ancient Greece

This is the thrilling story and detailed survey of Greece’s endless battling and warring in the Mediterranean region.

£20.00

The Prussian Princesses: The Sisters of Kaiser Wilhelm II

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The Prussian Princesses: The Sisters of Kaiser Wilhelm II

The first proper biographies of the three younger sisters of Kaiser Wilhelm II, each whose lives were wrecked by tragedy.

£20.00

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St George and the Dragons: The Making of English Identity

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St George and the Dragons: The Making of English Identity

How the story of St George grew and changed in England, and now as English identity changes, he is an inclusive multicultural symbol of unity and peace.

£25.00

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Chitral 1895: An Episode of the Great Game - published by Fonthill Media

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Chitral 1895: An Episode of the Great Game

The story of the siege and subsequent relief of Chitral in 1895; an episode of Britain’s ‘Great Game’ with Russia.

£25.00

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Women in Ancient Greece

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Women in Ancient Greece

The first book to examine the social and political effects that women – both the virtuous and scheming – had on Greece.

£20.00

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The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth: King of England and France and Lord of Ireland (Volume 2)

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The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth: King of England and France and Lord of Ireland (Volume 2)

Edward IV, (1442-1483) was King of England from March 1461 until October 1470, and again from April 1471 until his death in April 1483. In a turbulent world, Edward Duke of York—with good title to the throne—overthrew the corrupt government of the weak and feeble-minded Henry VI, setting the foundation stones for a strong and prosperous England.

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The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth: King of England and France and Lord of Ireland (Volume 1)

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The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth: King of England and France and Lord of Ireland (Volume 1)

Edward IV, (1442-1483) was King of England from March 1461 until October 1470, and again from April 1471 until his death in April 1483. In a turbulent world, Edward Duke of York—with good title to the throne—overthrew the corrupt government of the weak and feeble-minded Henry VI, setting the foundation stones for a strong and prosperous England.

£20.00

Henry VIII: The Evolution of a Reputation

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Henry VIII: The Evolution of a Reputation

A richly-illustrated survey of the evolution of Henry VIII’s reputation over half a millennium.

£14.99

Texans at Antietam: A Terrible Clash of Arms, September 16-17, 1862

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Texans at Antietam: A Terrible Clash of Arms, September 16-17, 1862

Hood’s Texas Brigade soldiers and Texans who fought at the battle of Antietam (Sharpburg) give their reminiscences about the battle in newspaper articles, diaries, interviews and speeches.

£18.99

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Along the Lines of Devotion The Bloodstained Field of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863 - available from America Through Time

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Along the Lines of Devotion The Bloodstained Field of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863

A comprehensive narrative describing the campaign and opening battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, June 9-July 1, 1863.

£16.99

A Man Called Plenty Horses: The Last Warrior of the Great Plains War - published by America Through Time

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A Man Called Plenty Horses: The Last Warrior of the Great Plains War

This is the story of the civil trials of Plenty Horses for the murder of the last white man to die in the Great Plains War, trials that legally and dramatically agonized over justifying criminal acts committed during warfare.

£25.00

The End of the Habsburgs: The Decline and Fall of the Austrian Monarchy

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The End of the Habsburgs: The Decline and Fall of the Austrian Monarchy

A comprehensive study of the Habsburg monarchy that witnessed the fall of empires and a post-war Europe.

£25.00

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Ena and Bee: Queen Victoria’s Spanish Granddaughters

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Ena and Bee: Queen Victoria’s Spanish Granddaughters

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Ena and Bee: Queen Victoria’s Spanish Granddaughters

The Prussian Princesses: The Sisters of Kaiser Wilhelm II

A History of Savoy: Gatekeeper of the Alps

Queen Victoria and the European Empires (paperback)

The Wandering Princess: Princess Hélène of France, Duchess of Aosta (1871-1951)

Alfred: Queen Victoria’s Second Son

The End of the Habsburgs: The Decline and Fall of the Austrian Monarchy

The End of the German Monarchy: The Decline and Fall of the Hohenzollerns

Anna Amalia, Grand-Duchess: Patron of Goethe and Schiller

Kaiser Bill! A New Look at Imperial Germany's Last Emperor, Wilhelm II 1859-1941

Queen Victoria and the European Empires (hardback)

Lady Anne Clifford 1590-1676

Reflections from a Roman Lake: Trevignano Romano - A Biography of an Adoptive Home

Evelina: A Victorian Heroine in Venice

The Two Duchesses: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, Elizabeth, Duchess of Devonshire

Brought Up of Nought: A History of the Woodvile Family

The Reign of King Henry VI

Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire: The Face Without a Frown

The Children of Richard III

Shakespeare’s Missing Years

St George and the Dragons: The Making of English Identity

The Earls of Essex: A Tale of Noble Misfortune

If the Kaiser Comes: Defence Against a German Invasion of Britain in the First World War

King James and the History of Homosexuality

The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth: King of England and France and Lord of Ireland (Volume 2)

The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth: King of England and France and Lord of Ireland (Volume 1)

Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou and the Wars of the Roses: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records

William Shakespeare, the Wars of the Roses and the Historians

Henry VIII: The Evolution of a Reputation

The Daughters of George III

Jasper: The Tudor Kingmaker

Knight Errant: Lord Craven and the Court of the Winter Queen

Edward IV: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters & Records

A Spencer Love Affair: Eighteen Century Theatricals at Blenheim Palace

Richard III: From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records

Dearest Bess: The Life and Times of Lady Elizabeth Foster

Towards Disaster: The Greek Army in Asia Minor in 1921

The Children of Charles II: The Merry Monarch’s Fourteen Bastards

Towards Disaster: The Greek Army in Asia Minor in 1921

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Towards Disaster: The Greek Army in Asia Minor in 1921

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Prince Andrew’s personal account of the catastrophic Greek campaign in Asia Minor, focusing on the battle of the Sakarya.

£25.00

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The Children of Charles II: The Merry Monarch’s Fourteen Bastards

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The Children of Charles II: The Merry Monarch’s Fourteen Bastards

A lively and entertaining biography of The Merry Monarch’s fourteen illegitimate children, their place at the royal court and in history.

£22.00

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