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The Biography of a Battle
This is the true story of the Battle of Trafalgar, Britain's most significant sea battle. Trafalgar set the seal on British naval supremacy, and in th...
This handy reference provides full access to the 1,200 years of Roman rule from the 8th century B.C. to the 5th century A.D., including information on...
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From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo
As France emerged from revolution, a young general named Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt, hoping next to march overland to India. It would not happen...
The Battle That Changed the World
An explosive chronicle of history's greatest sea battle, from the co-author of the forthcoming Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History (March...
This volume, originally published in 1989, is intended as a practical guide to archaeological illustration, from drawing finds in the field to technic...
Daily Life in the Georgian and Regency Periods
An authoritative account of everyday life in Regency England, the backdrop of Austenโs beloved novels, from the authors of the forthcoming Gibraltar...
The Battle that Changed the World
This is the true story of the Battle of Trafalgar, Britain's most significant sea battle. In this account, Roy Adkins evokes the unsurpassed violence ...
The Obsession to Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Chronicles the twenty-year attempt of French linguist Jean-Francois Champollion to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics despite poverty, ill health, compet...
The Greatest Siege in British History
For over three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land and at sea, by the overwhelmin...
For over 25 years The Handbook of British Archaeology has been the foremost guide to archaeological methods, artefacts and monuments, providing clear ...
The Race to Crack the Hieroglyph Code
The fascinating true tale of Jean Frantois Champollion chronicles the French linguist's successful efforts to decipher the Egyptian hieroglyphics with...
Life in Nelson's Navy
'An enthralling book' Sunday Telegraph 'Fascinating' Sunday Times The Royal Navy to which Admiral Lord Nelson sacrificed his life depended on thousand...
Long overshadowed by Greek mythology or treated peripherally in general texts on the ancient Roman world, Roman religion is finally accorded its due a...
"The Royal Navy to which Admiral Lord Nelson sacrificed his life depended on thousands of sailors and marines to man the great wind-powered wooden war...