I found this book intriguing. At school, we learnt Francis Drake was an Explorer, now it appears he was nothing more than an a royal appointed pirate. Thats said, this is a fascinating read. This is more than just about a bunch of pirates. It tells us that Spain and Portugal had divided the new […]

This book covers British Foot Regiments from 1800 -1815. By Pen and Sword Book standards this is a short book. But it is a book filled with lots of useful information and pictures for anyone interested in this period of the British Army. The book covers not only those serving in the Peninsular War and […]

This is a really interesting and frustrating book all rolled into one. For the beginner of Roman Military History the first few chapters are a great introduction into the Roman Army and life in Roman Britain. The book’s aim is to try and discover what happened to Legio IX Hispana which disappears from all writing […]

This is a really great book.  So you don’t have got read any further….  the book covers the German way of war dating from the lessons they learn in the 1870s.  The author introduced us to Helmut Karl Bernhard von Moltke who uses the Augtragstaktik as the centrepiece of what becomes the underlining principle of […]