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- Edgehill from the keyhole
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- On sale exclusively on our website (while stocks last) In offerta esclusivamente sul nostro sito (fino a esaurimento scorte) The Battle of Edge Hill of 22 October 1642 was the first great engagement of the English Civil War. It was fought in the open fields between the villages of Radway and Kineton in Warwickshire. At the end of the day, although neither side at Edgehill could claim a decisive victory, the result was that Charles "won" in so far as…
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- Maximilian Affair – A woman reportage of the French-Mexican war
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- On sale exclusively on our website (while stocks last) In offerta esclusivamente sul nostro sito (fino a esaurimento scorte) Of all the eye-eitness books, the Sara Yorke Stevenson's Maximilian in Mexico: A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862 - 1867 is one of the most lucid, informed, and balanced. She writes this reportage during the brief reign of Maximilian, at the time the author was a young girl living with her family in Mexico City. Fascinating, terrific and dramatic.…
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- The battle of Matilda: a girl witness at Gettysburg 1863
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- On sale exclusively on our website (while stocks last) In offerta esclusivamente sul nostro sito (fino a esaurimento scorte) If you're a history nerd, you will love this book. It's a firsthand account of the battle at Gettysburg from the perspective of a young 14-years-old resident who tried to flee the inevitable battle by going to a neighbor's home on the outskirts of town (the Jacob Weikert farm). Instead she ended up square and center of it for the three…
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- Salus Vienna tua: the great siege of 1683
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- On sale exclusively on our website (while stocks last) In offerta esclusivamente sul nostro sito (fino a esaurimento scorte) A splendid book this "Salus Vienna Tua", from the original work of British historian Henry Elliot Malden that provides a detailed account of the intricate machinations between the Habsburgs and the Ottomans. Malden’s description of the siege itself is masterly and always a fresh reading. Very clear are the details of the negotiations among the Christian princes and charting the march…
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- Lucknow 1857 – A terrible siege
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- On sale exclusively on our website (while stocks last) In offerta esclusivamente sul nostro sito (fino a esaurimento scorte) Feroce e diretto resoconoto del sanguinario assedio di Lucknow, avvenuto durenta la rivolta dei Sepois del 1857 India. Una testimonianza incredibile e scioccante, narrata dalla moglie del comandante della guarnigione britannica, asseragliata per mesi nel ristrettoperimetro della Residenza britannica nell'affascinate e magica città di Lucknow. L'autrice Julia Selina Inglis, era infatti moglie del Major-General Sir John Eardley Inglis. Dal giugno 1857,…
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- The war of Roger & Fanny: from the departure of the army from England in April 1854, to the fall of Sebastopol
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- On sale exclusively on our website (while stocks last) In offerta esclusivamente sul nostro sito (fino a esaurimento scorte) Fanny was a quiet girl, but also a writer of considerable talent. Maligned by some of her contemporaries because she didn’t fit in with the Victorian image of what a ‘lady’ should be, she did things her way and wrote about them in a vivid, lively way, bringing the Crimean War to gut-wrenching life in a way no history book can.…