This work provides a comprehensive guide to almost 500 years of unbroken Ottoman rule. It details famous battles such as the emotionally charged Kosovo, the crusading disaster of Nicopolis, and…

Over the centuries, naval relations between Japan and Korea appear to have alternated between peaceful trade and outright hostility. This work covers East Asia’s most famous warship - the legendary…

The samurai were the military elite of medieval and early modern Japan, and the men who led them were hailed as the very greatest, most heroic and most honourable of…

Covering a fascinating range of different styles and types of defensive structure from Japan’s early history, this book relates the history of the period, including the beginnings of Imperial Japan…

In June 1410 an army of Poles, Lithuanians, Russians, Tartars and Cossacks invaded the territory of the Teutonic Knights. When the armies clashed at the Battle of Tannenberg it resulted…

The Teutonic Knights were the most warlike of the religious orders, and this is reflected in the architecture they left behind. This work tells the history of spectacular fortresses from…

The walls of Constantinople are the greatest surviving example of European medieval military architecture in the world. They withstood numerous sieges until being finally overcome by the artillery of Mehmet…