Like most things in Italian history, this is complicated.  What is really interesting and drew me in was the thought that these wars signal the change from medieval warfare to renaissance warfare, with the sword giving way to gunpowder as the deciding factor in these wars.The book covers the period of the French invasion of […]

I was excited when this book arrived, as this is a period of history I am starting to research for family history.  I tended to stay away from anything from this period onwards as this is Warfare on an industrial scale.This book shows how this develops over the period of Queen Victoria’s reign.The book is […]

This is one of the book of the Armies of the Past series. I have been asked to a review a few of these and I find them amazing. As a Living history enthusiast I find Gabriele’s books to be great. The photography and reproduction of the dress, equipment and weaponry is very well done […]

When this book arrived, I thought, well who is going to read a big book on battle formations, surely it will just be a bunch of diagrams. And to be honest, it is full of diagrams, but and it’s a big but, it is actually a fascinating read. The author goes into not only the […]