This is a close look at about fifteen years that changed much of the structures of Europe in a popular history format. In a way, it is “Here I Stand the book”, though it only covers a fraction of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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This is part one of a massive four-volume history of the Hundred Years War. As such, it spends a good amount of time setting the stage, and covers through Crecy and the siege of Callais. The first chapter is an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As ever, Osprey has produced another good book looking outside of the usual Anglophone center of western Europe. The general focus in this volume is the Russian response to the Mongol conquest. There’s the usual pair of decent maps showing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I picked this up when there was a Kindle sale on Thomas Costain books a bit ago. I hadn’t been aware of him writing a series on Canada, and it turns out the reason is he didn’t. This is the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This was recommended to me by someone who’s opinion I trust, so I expected a good book going in. It exceeded my expectations. Despite the title, this is not just an examination of the Battle of Agincourt. It occupies a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Purkiss’ history of the ECW was something of a slog for me to get through. The general idea as given is admirable: to look at the English Civil War as something that involved people, and see how various people were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This book gets a few ratings of ‘biography’, and… yes, actually, this is a fairly decent biography of Fernão de Magalhães, or Ferdinand Magellan, as it goes into his background and life as a whole. However, it is primarily about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was a little skeptical of a Men-at-Arms sub-series dedicated only to the Roman Centurion, but it does make some real sense. Mostly, they’re the lowest rank that is going to regularly come to the attention of prominent people, so[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As of February, 1775, Massachusetts was declared to be in a state of rebellion to the British government. Just under a year and a half later, the Thirteen Colonies jointly declared themselves independent. This was an event that was by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first volume of Rick Atkinson’s Revolution Trilogy shows that there’s quite a lot I don’t know about the Revolutionary War. Like a lot of people, I have a good grasp of the outline, and know a few more things,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…