John R. Vallely
Napoleon in Egypt
Paul Strathern is a rare example of an intellectual who is eminently qualified in diverse fields. An award-winning novelist, Strathern…
From Guns to Gavels: How Justice Grew Up in the Outlaw West
Lost in the Western frontier tales of steely-eyed gunfighters, crafty cattle thieves, and daring bank robbers is the slow but…
The Baltic Gambit
The Royal Navy’s incorrigible Alan Lewrie has been outsmarting and outfighting Britain’s enemies while simultaneously practicing adultery on a Herculean…
Killing Rommel
Editors' choice
North Africa, 1942. The British Eighth Army is in trouble. The brilliant and daring tactician, Field-Marshal Rommel, and his…
This Republic of Suffering : Death and the American Civil War
Drew Gilpin Faust, the first female president of Harvard University, provides us with an extraordinarily well-researched and superbly written…
SPQR Xl: Under Vesuvius
The author’s eleventh entry in the Decius Metellus SPQR series takes place in the difficult days of rivalry between Pompey…
Courage Under Fire: Profiles in Bravery from the Battlefields of the Civil War
Wiley Sword (yes, that is the real name of a very fine historian of the American Civil War) offers…
The Blue Door
Eddie Cero is an unlikely private investigator. He has been making a living as a welterweight boxer, but his career…
Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold’s March to Quebec, 1775
One of the major ironies of American history is that one of the first policy decisions taken by the American…
Down to the Sea: An Epic Story of Naval Disaster and Heroism in World War ll
Admiral William “Bull” Halsey, USN, remains one of the most revered naval officers of the Second World War. He was…
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