![]() |
The Flintlock Musket: Brown Bess and Charleville 1715-1865
ISBN: 9781472810953 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The flintlock or firelock musket is one of the truly iconic weapons in history: first used on the battlefields of the Thirty Years' War and the English Civil War, it was carried by both sides at Bunker Hill, Waterloo and the Alamo, and can truly be said to have dominated warfare for more than 150 years, until the advent of cartridge ammunition and breechloading weapons in the 1840s and 1850s and were still being widely used as late as the American Civil War in the 1860s. During the 18th century flintlocks tended to follow one of two basic patterns: from 1722 the British .75-calibre... The flintlock or firelock musket is one of the truly iconic weapons in history: first used on the battlefields of the Thirty Years' War and the Eng... |
cena:
82,44 |
![]() |
The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence
ISBN: 9781515034483 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This classic war history text tells the story of William Lawrence, a hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns
This classic war history text tells the story of William Lawrence, a hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns
|
cena:
27,72 |
![]() |
Picton: Wellington's General During the Peninsular War and at Waterloo by H. B. Robinson and With a Short Biography of Sir Tho
ISBN: 9781782824626 / Angielski / Miękka / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The life of Wellington's hard swearing and fighting subordinate
For casual students of the Napoleonic age Sir Thomas Picton might be most notable for his death at the Battle of Waterloo where he was killed by a shot to the head, aged 56, while driving his infantry forward in a bayonet charge against d'Erlon's French Army corps early in the conflict. A Welshman, Picton was known to be difficult man, naturally aggressive, short of temper and given to prolific cursing. Nevertheless, he rose from comparatively humble beginnings, one of twelve children, from the rank of ensign to that of... The life of Wellington's hard swearing and fighting subordinate
For casual students of the Napoleonic age Sir Thomas Picton might be most notable... |
cena:
107,90 |
![]() |
French Artillery and the Gribeauval System: Volume 2 - 1786-1815
ISBN: 9782352504320 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With this last volume, pontoneers, permanent gunners or Coastguards gunners, too often left in shadow as the materials and the guns which they serve and operate occupy the center stage.A chapter is dedicated to the Team Train which, although not being a part of the artillery, deserves to appear in this vast panorama of the Armes savantes . This was the organization of Mr de Gribeauval, the Inspector of Artillery, set up slowly over nearly thirty years and which remained more or less as it was until 1825 and which is the object of these three volumes.REVIEWS Of special interest to figure...
With this last volume, pontoneers, permanent gunners or Coastguards gunners, too often left in shadow as the materials and the guns which they serve a...
|
cena:
71,02 |
![]() |
Napoleon's Purgatory: The Unseen Humanity of the Corsican Ogre in Fatal Exile (with an introduction by J. David Markham)
ISBN: 9781622731664 / Angielski / Twarda / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
289,17 |
![]() |
Encyclopedia of Elba
ISBN: 9781876586324 / Angielski / Twarda / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
230,63 |
![]() |
Napoleon's Purgatory: The Unseen Humanity of the "Corsican Ogre" in Fatal Exile (with an introduction by J. David Markham)
ISBN: 9781622732432 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Napoleon's Purgatory is a work portraying the human side of Napoleon as revealed by those who shared his exile on the island of St. Helena. Through the diaries and journals of the Emperor's servants, generals, and companions come the stories of Napoleon's tender love for children, his captivating sense of humor, his eternal love for Josephine, and his agonizing death. Napoleon Bonaparte was sent by the British to the remote island of St. Helena where he could not escape. What followed were six excruciating years of loneliness and depression, mixed with frolicking play with the island's... Napoleon's Purgatory is a work portraying the human side of Napoleon as revealed by those who shared his exile on the island of St. Helena. Through... |
cena:
237,37 |
![]() |
Malta: A Traveller's Anthology
ISBN: 9781909930575 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few countries are as marked by their history as the Maltese islands of Malta and Gozo. At least five centuries before St. Paul was shipwrecked on Malta's northern shore on his way to Rome and martyrdom, what are perhaps the oldest stone buildings in the world were raised here. Always vulnerable due to their strategic position in the Mediterranean, the islands have been invaded and occupied by successive forces: Greeks, Romans, Muslims from North Africa, Normans and Spaniards. In the sixteenth century Malta became the stronghold of the Knights Hospitaller of St. John, who built the city of... Few countries are as marked by their history as the Maltese islands of Malta and Gozo. At least five centuries before St. Paul was shipwrecked on M... |
cena:
76,84 |
![]() |
Our Friends the Enemies: The Occupation of France After Napoleon
ISBN: 9780674972315 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Battle of Waterloo was just the beginning of a long transition to peace. Christine Haynes offers the first comprehensive history of the post-Napoleonic occupation of France. Transforming former European enemies into allies, the mission established Paris as a cosmopolitan capital and foreshadowed postwar reconstruction in the twentieth century.
The Battle of Waterloo was just the beginning of a long transition to peace. Christine Haynes offers the first comprehensive history of the post-Napol...
|
cena:
190,49 |
![]() |
Napoleon: A Life
ISBN: 9780465055937 / Angielski / Twarda / 784 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
173,41 |
![]() |
Chasseurs of the Guard: The Chasseurs a Cheval of the Garde Imperials, 1799-1815
ISBN: 9780850450569 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
66,97 |
![]() |
Napoleon: His Life, His Battles, His Empire
ISBN: 9780233005737 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An insight into the mind of Napoleon who, from modest beginnings, became Emperor of France and its vast empire. It examines his battles looks at his social and political reforms which revolutionized the western world.
An insight into the mind of Napoleon who, from modest beginnings, became Emperor of France and its vast empire. It examines his battles looks at his s...
|
cena:
115,42 |
![]() |
Encyclopedia of Kuching
ISBN: 9781876586317 / Angielski / Twarda / 550 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
256,26 |
![]() |
Waterloo: The French Perspective
ISBN: 9781526752505 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An original and thought-provoking new study of the Battle of Waterloo.
An original and thought-provoking new study of the Battle of Waterloo.
|
cena:
95,57 |
![]() |
Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organisation, 1793 - 1815
ISBN: 9781472841353 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The perfect guide to Nelson's Navy for all those with an interest in the workings of the great fleet.
The perfect guide to Nelson's Navy for all those with an interest in the workings of the great fleet.
|
cena:
251,61 |
![]() |
The History of the Kurdish People
ISBN: 9781096025153 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
77,89 |
![]() |
Creating A Napoleonic Wargames Army 1809-1815
ISBN: 9781785006432 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
97,90 |
![]() |
Napoleon’s Stolen Army: How the Royal Navy Rescued a Spanish Army in the Baltic
ISBN: 9781913118983 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
125,80 |
![]() |
Britain in the Wider World: 1603-1800
ISBN: 9781138313590 / Angielski / Twarda / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
759,15 |
![]() |
The Invasion of France, 1814: The Special Campaign Series
ISBN: 9781783315185 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
103,58 |