Based in Perthshire, the Murray family played an important role in all Jacobite rebellions, whether as rebels or supporters of the government. During the Great Rising of 1715, the head of the family...
A Genius for War Against Louis XIV and the Ottoman Empire
by James Falkner
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781526799425
Pub Date: 2024-10-31
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
232 Pages
Prince Eugene of Savoy-Carignan, a French-born military genius in Habsburg service, defeated the Ottomans and French, becoming a prominent commander and diplomat.Prince Eugene of Savoy-Carignan (1663-1736),...
Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788) was the grandson of Britain’s last Stuart king and the last of his line to fight for their right to the throne. Born in Rome and raised at his father’s...
Unpublished Memoirs from the 43rd Light Infantry in the Peninsular War
by Gareth Glover and Robert Burnham
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 9781399099080
Pub Date: 2022-10-07
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Frontline Books
240 Pages
Some of the most famous memoirs of Britain’s long war against Napoleon have come from the pens of members of Wellington’s Light Division, but many wonderful accounts were never published and have sat in archives, libraries, museums, and private collections, forgotten for 200 years.
Any reader of Wood's fascinating diary with a modest knowledge of the times will fully agree with Dalrymple in his 'Military essay' of 1761 that “of all the various branches of our profession none hath made greater progress in it than the Royal Artillery”.
The Loss and Rediscovery of an Admiral and His Ship
by Alan Smith
Price: $29.99
ISBN: 9781399094139
Pub Date: 2021-12-17
Format: Digital download
Imprint: Seaforth Publishing
256 Pages
This is the story of Admiral Sir John Balchen, his life and career, and HMS Victory, the largest, finest ship-of-the-line in the Royal Navy at the time, which he commanded when both were lost, along with more than 1,000 crew, in an October storm in the English Channel in 1744.
The Life and Times of Wellington's Wayward Martinet
by Ian Fletcher
Price: $60.00
ISBN: 9781526775191
Pub Date: 2021-05-11
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
616 Pages
To most students of the Peninsular War the name Robert Craufurd evokes images of a battle-hardened martinet, flogging his men across Portugal and Spain, driving them hard and generally taking a tough...
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