How European Thugs Became English Gentry An interesting take on Norman history period as the author looks a 12 generations of the same family to see how the nation developed. The book follows the fortunes of the descendants of Osbern Fitz Tezzo who appears to have come to England with William the Conqueror. He appears […]
A Naval Staff Appreciation of Ancient Rome’s Maritime Strategy 300 BCE – 500 CE One of the first things you realise with this book, is that without the Navy the Roman empire certainly wouldn’t have been as big or lasted as long as it did. It takes a book to point that out to you. […]
I recently attended a study day at Sutton Hoo on the War of the Roses by Toby Capwell and he has a few books for sale with him and I picked up this one. It was rude not and he did sign it. #fanboy. This book is part of the Royal Armouries Arms and Armour […]
It was ironic when this book arrived as I had just returned for a sneaky side trip to Rochester, and went to see Temple Manor, a Templar house just outside Rochester. It gave me an idea for a story about a templar returning from Acre. Acre is the last siege in this book. The first […]
