This book is part of the following in the footsteps series published by Pen and Sword Books. Edward II is one of those Kings, I don’t know much about but his reigns sits on the edge of the period we train in combat in. With Edward I as your father I can guess why he […]
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 […]
