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

From the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 until the Japanese surrender in August...

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...

When the War Between the States broke out in 1861, the US Army had only four line generals - and ...

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...

When the War Between the States broke out in 1861, the US Army had only four line generals - and ...

The generals who led the brigades, divisions, corps and armies of the Confederacy were very large...

The retreat to Corunna is one of the epic campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars. Late in 1808 Sir John...

'Originally published in the UK as Rogues' Gallery: A History of Art and Its Dealers by Profile B...

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...

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