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Full military biography of Prince Eugene, the leading Habsburg commander during the wars against the Ottomans and the French. číst celé

Tells the story of Marlborough's wars in the words of participants from both sides. First-hand accounts of the battles of the Schellenberg, Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet.

Graphic, in-depth account of a pivotal battle in the War of the Austrian Succession.

"This Dover edition, first published in 2018, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1898 by Edward Arnold Publishers Ltd, London"--

A major new study of the war that shaped eighteenth-century Europe.

Blenheim has gone down in history as one of the turning points of the War of the Spanish Succession - and some would say in the history of conflict in Europe. Bavaria was knocked out of the war, and Louis XIV's hopes for a quick victory came to an end.

An in-depth study of the army Marlborough led to repeated victories over the French.

Sebastien Le Prestre, Marshal Vauban, was one of the greatest military engineers of all time. His complex, highly sophisticated fortress designs, his advanced theories for the defense and attack of fortified places, and his prolific work as a writer and radical thinker on military and social affairs mark him out as one of the most influential military minds of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Yet no recent study of this extraordinary man has been published in English. James Falkner, in this perceptive and lively new account of Vauban's life and work, follows his career as a soldier from a dashing and brave young cavalry officer to his emergence as a masterful military engineer. And he shows that Vauban was much more than simply a superlative builder of fortresses, for as a leading military commander serving Louis XIV, he perfected a method for attacking fortifications in the most effective way, which became standard practice until the present day. James Falkner's new study will add significantly to the understanding of Vauban's achievements and the impact his work has had on the history of warfare.

The great siege of Gibraltar was the longest recorded in the annals of the British army. James Falkner draws on a wide range of contemporary sources to tell the exciting tale of a huge and complex operation.

Three hundred years ago, Queen Anne's Captain-General, John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough, led the Allied armies in an epic struggle against the powerful French forces of Louis XIV. This battlefield guide is useful for those who are keen to understand the military history of the era, and acts as a companion for visitors to these battlefields.