Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas: TheWhite Death of the Saracens is the first ever English-language biography of the man who broke the stranglehold of Islam over Byzantine Rome so that by the year 968 his...
From Masterly Commander to Masterful Emperor of Rome
by Lindsay Powell
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781473837973
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-05-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
516 Pages
History has not been kind to the memory of Tiberius Caesar (42 BC-AD 37), second emperor of the Romans. His reputation for capable generalship and sensible civic leadership are marred by reports of...
The Personality, Intellectual, and Leadership Traits That Made Them Great
by Richard A Gabriel
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781399083911
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2025-03-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
336 Pages
Of the thousands of commanders who served in historys armies, why is it that only a few are remembered as great leaders of men in battle? What combination of personal and circumstantial influences conspire...
Much of Constantine I’s claim to lasting fame rests upon his sponsorship of Christianity, and many works have been published assessing whether his apparent conversion was a real religious experience...
Pompey’s career in command began at a young age, taking control of his deceased father’s legions in support of Sulla during the civil war with Marius. A precocious and ambitious talent, he held...
To anyone scanning the sea from the southern coast of Britain in the year 43 AD, the sight of hundreds of ships appearing one by one as dots on the horizon would have filled them with awe and dread....
The Last Great Heathen Warlord of Anglo-Saxon England
by Paul Barrett
Price: $42.95
ISBN: 9781036102562
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Pub Date: 2024-07-23
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
256 Pages
Reexamine the life and impact of King Penda, whose villainous portrayal was challenged as he shaped early medieval Britain through cultural pluralism, stability, and the rise of Mercia during a transformative...
After the discovery of the potential burial site of this mysterious Dark Age king, this book reveals the little-known life and times of King Cerdic who founded Wessex and the future EnglandOne of Britain’s...
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