Stephen Porter; Simon Marsh Amberley 2011 Paperback Illustrated
On 13 November 1642, Charles I's army marched on London, having already captured and sacked Brentford. Fearing a similar fate, thousands of volunteersOn 13 November 1642, Charles I's army marched on London, having already captured and sacked Brentford. Fearing a similar fate, thousands of volunteers streamed out of the city to join the parliamentarian forces and the most dramatic confrontation in the capital's history began. This book tells the story of the royalist advance on London and the battle at Turnham Green that turned the tide of the Civil War. ...more
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The King's Wife George IV and Mrs Fitzherbert Valerie Irvine Hambledon 2005 Hardback
In 1785, the future George IV secretly married Maria Fitzherbert. Beautiful, twice widowed, she was also Catholic, so their union, had it become knownIn 1785, the future George IV secretly married Maria Fitzherbert. Beautiful, twice widowed, she was also Catholic, so their union, had it become known, would have cost him the throne. Yet the pair lived happily together for 25 years despite George's disastrous marriage to Caroline of Brunswick, and the king died with a portrait of his beloved 'Mrs Fitz' around his neck. This readable book offers a warmly sympathetic account of a love match that survived against all odds. ...more
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The Native American Warrior 1500-1890 CE Chris McNab Thomas Dunne 2010 Hardback Illustrated
Working from entirely different traditions of combat and honour, the Native Americans' typical ambush and raiding tactics, based on indigenous huntingWorking from entirely different traditions of combat and honour, the Native Americans' typical ambush and raiding tactics, based on indigenous hunting techniques, have often been misunderstood by European observers used to a more direct style of warfare. This illustrated history of Native American combat encompasses the period during which North America was colonized, exploring many different aspects of Native warfare, including the fundamental changes brought about by the introduction of the horse and firearms. Warriors of the World series. ...more
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Napoleonic Wars in Cartoons
Mark Bryant Grub Street 2009 Hardback Illustrated
The Napoleonic Wars coincided with the first great age of the political cartoon, and Bonaparte himself provided a unique target for satirists such as The Napoleonic Wars coincided with the first great age of the political cartoon, and Bonaparte himself provided a unique target for satirists such as Gillray, Rowlandson and Cruikshank. This absorbing book assembles more than 300 cartoons from both sides of the conflict to create a year-by-year account from the Battle of the Nile to Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. Powerful, energetic and vitriolic, they graphically demonstrate how these events were perceived at the time. ...more
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The French Revolution and the People
David Andress Hambledon 2004 Hardback
If the French Revolution began as the resistance of a minority to authoritarian rule, it quickly involved the entire nation as artisans, workers and pIf the French Revolution began as the resistance of a minority to authoritarian rule, it quickly involved the entire nation as artisans, workers and peasants took to the streets. This illuminating study focuses on the grievances, actions and experiences of the common people, not only in Paris but in Lyon, Britanny, Provence and the Vendee, to demonstrate how, even if the revolution itself proved a blood-soaked failure, the spectre of universal enfranchisement, once unleashed, would never go away. ...more
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The Last Stand Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn Nathaniel Philbrick Viking 2010 Hardback Illustrated
The Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876 quickly became one of the most mythologized and potent episodes in American history. In this new study oThe Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876 quickly became one of the most mythologized and potent episodes in American history. In this new study of the battle, Philbrick draws on a previously unpublished source as he seeks the truth about what happened on the battlefield and how the paths of the two talented leaders, the Civil War veteran George Armstrong Custer and Sitting Bull, leader of the Sioux and Cheyenne, came to cross so bloodily. ...more
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