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Si Sheppard
A groundbreaking new history of the wars of the Ottoman Expansion, a truly global conflagration that crisscrossed three continents and ultimately defined the borders and future of a modern Europe.
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This groundbreaking work tells the true story behind Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1936 reelection, drawing upon never-before-published personal files to expose a nexus of patronage and power that changed America forever.
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Illustrates how media bias has built political parties, set the stage for several wars, and even contributed to the rise and fall of many US presidents.
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This is the detailed story of the Vikings’ expedition to conquer medieval Paris - a brutal year-long siege which ultimately brought about the foundation of modern France.
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In AD 66 a local disturbance in Caesarea caused by Greeks sacrificing birds in front of a local synagogue exploded into a pan-Jewish revolt against their Roman overlords. Gaining momentum…
Forever immortalised by Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar , the battle of Philippi was the final battle between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian against the armies of Caesar’s assassins…
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A highly illustrated and detailed study of one of the most important campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, the Spanish conquest of the vast Inca Empire.
This fascinating book explores the epic clash between two ancient empires in a 250-year conflict which would define the boundaries of the ancient world for more than seven centuries.
Tells the story of the battle of Actium.
The siege of Constantinople in AD 717-18 was a key clash between the expanding Umayyad Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire, and one which influenced the fate of Western civilization. In…
In 1915-18, ANZAC and Ottoman soldiers clashed on numerous battlefields, from Gallipoli to Jerusalem. This illustrated study investigates the two sides' fighting men.
In 48 BC, the stage was set for the final clash of the two titans of the Roman world and the odds were heavily in Pompey’s favour, with 45,000 men…
Following the American Declaration of Independence, communities from Boston to Savannah were forced to make a choice: to strike out for an independent republic, or remain true to the British…
This thorough history of enduring Greek heroes is accompanied by full-color classical art pieces and historical photographs that illustrate how myth and reality intertwine in these complicated stories. The chronological…
This study explores, in fascinating detail, the story of how the skill of codebreakers and fighter pilots terminated the career of Admiral Yamamoto–and the subsequent controversy over who fired the…
A highly illustrated history of one of the greatest military campaigns of all time–the Spanish conquest of Mexico from 1519 to 1521, an epic clash of civilizations that saw the…
When Paris, prince of Troy, ran off with Helen, wife of the king of Sparta, it launched the greatest war of the mythic age of Greece. Heroes and gods assembled…
