Philip Hook returns to fiction in this collection of short stories. Many are set in the art world...

During World War II, Imperial Japan was the world's most militarized society, with a host of unif...

Napoleon's Imperial Guard was one of the most famous military formations in history. The Imperial...

The rifle corps of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815) are among the most rec...

During the Napoleonic Wars the supreme battlefield shock weapon was the heavy cavalry - the Frenc...

Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). When the War Between the ...

In an age when infantry units maneuvered and fought in rigid blocks, the idea of encouraging init...

Philip Hook takes the lid off the world of art dealing to reveal the brilliance, cunning, greed a...

During the Napoleonic Wars all the major combatants fielded large numbers of light cavalry. These...

Philip Hook's riveting narrative takes us from the early days of art dealing in Antwerp, where pa...

Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). When the War Betwee...

Breakfast at Sotheby's is a wry, intimate, truly revealing exploration of how art acquires its fi...

Osrpey's examination of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). The generals who le...

The retreat to Corunna is one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). Late in 1...

Osprey's study of the commanders of the American Civil War (1861-1865). In the Western theater of...

Modern begins on a specific day-March 22, 1905-at a specific place: the Salon des Indépendants in...

The ten most revolutionary years in art ever. Art and artists would never be the same again.

Depicts the forces involved in uprisings and border conflicts after the break-up of the Austro-Hu...