Scrive Michael Mallet, il maggiore storico europeo della situazione militare italiana del Rinascimento, nel suo fondamentale studio sulla guerra nel Rinascimento italiano: Uno dei principali interlocutori della discussione umanistica che costituisce la cornice dell'Arte della Guerra di Machiavelli e Fabrizio Colonna. Il Colonna a suo tempo fu uno dei piu illustri comandanti militari e uno dei principali autori della vittoria definitiva che la Spagna riporto nelle guerre d'Italia. Il medesimo autore poche pagine prima aveva affermato che il condottiero umbro Bartolomeo d'Alviano, capitano...

This book, show on two volumes, 151 colour plates of the French infantry before 1789 and other 11 plates always realized by the same artist: Felix Philippoteaux. All this plates derived from an our copy of the book "Atlas de l'Histoire de l'ancienne infanterie francaise" Paris, J. Correard, 1853. All the images has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. On this first volume are present about 80 colour plates and a short history about the Ancien Regime, his army and his campaigns."

Con questo secondo volume si conclude la serie dedicata alla storia militare della Repubblica di Genova. Rispetto al precedente, Quinto Cenni ha potuto utilizzare una quantita di documenti d'archivio decisamente massiccia, svolgendo abilmente un lavoro di ricerca paziente ed accurato. All'interno di questo libro, il lettore trovera informazioni dettagliate su tutto cio che concerne l'organizzazione militare di Genova nel XVII e XVIII secolo: dai dati piu tecnici, come la composizione e l'evoluzione dei corpi di truppe o la descrizione dell'arsenale e delle artiglierie, alla coinvolgente...

Blood curdling account of the Seige of Lucknow in 1857 India. A fascinanting and shockingly testimony. This is the personal diary of Julia Selina Inglis, the wife of Major-General Sir John Eardley Inglis, who commanded the British troops at the Siege of Lucknow in 1857 in India during the mutiny and uprising of 1857. By June 1857, with three sons aged under five, Julia Inglis was living in the British Residency of Lucknow. On 30 June, under the overall command of Sir Henry Lawrence, the British forces had failed in a preliminary skirmish at Chinhat and retreated into the residency at Lucknow,...

The military evolutions of the Prince of Nassau in the art of Adam van breen and Hendrick Goltzius. The famous German-Dutch artists Adam Van Breen & Hendrick Goltzius put his considerable talents to work also in the realization of several esign on military subjets . The Adam van Breen illustrated work of 1617 "The military evolutions of the Prince of Nassau" that we present for the first time with complete color plates in this book. About 50 handsome copper engravings, magnificently portray the step-by-step sequence for training foot soldiers in the handling of the standard weaponry of the...

This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Alexander I era, and are about Cavalry: Cuirassier, Dragoon and Horse-Jager regiments. Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development over the past centuries .There are various ancient editions of the work but Mark Conrad's translation is the first one and the best, remaining true to the original structure and essential...

This volume is related to the Russian Army during the zar Alexander I era, and are about Cavalry: Hussar, Lancers and Gendarmes. Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study on the history of Russian costume and uniformology development over the past centuries .There are various ancient editions of the work but Mark Conrad's translation is the first one and the best, remaining true to the original structure and essential style of the text....

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-year-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 days, helping care for the wounded in that farmhouse basement. Fascinating. Horrific. Scandalous. It's a super fast read. Bought it at Gettysburg, read it just in two-hour. This is a rich and wonderful variation of the original Tillie's account of the battle....