Books at On Military Matters
Updated as of 12/05/2024
ABBREVIATIONS: dj-dust jacket, biblio-bibliography, b/w-black and white, illust-illustrations, b/c-book club addition.rct - recent arrival or pending publication, spc - OMM Special Price
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Cornwell, Bernard 1356: Battle of Poitiers (A Novel)
Bernard Cornwell, the 'master of martial fiction' (Booklist), brings Thomas of Hookton from the popular Grail Quest series into a new adventure in 1356 -- the Battle of Poitiers on September 19, 1356 between a heavily outnumbered English army and the French. Cornwell resurrects this dramatic and bloody struggle - one that would turn out to be the most decisive and improbable victory of the Hundred Years' War -- as the clash where the underdog English not only the captured the strategic site of Poitiers, but the French King John II as well. |
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Cornwell, Bernard SHARPE'S DEVIL
The twelfth historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series written by Bernard Cornwell and published in 1992. The story is set in 1820, with Sharpe traveling to Chile, and encounters the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte and the Scottish former Royal Navy officer Lord Cochrane along the way. Chronologically, this is the most recent book in the series, with all subsequent novels depicting earlier events in Sharpe's career. 1 vol, 280 pgs
1992 LONDON, HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS |
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Cornwell, Bernard DEATH OF KINGS
The sixth novel of Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Tales series. It continues the story of Saxon warlord Uhtred of Bebbanburg who resists a new Danish invasion of Wessex and Mercia. Alfred the Great is dying. Rivals for his throne are poised to tear his kingdom apart. Uhtred, a Saxon who has been raised by a Danish warlord, wants more than anything else to go and reclaim his stolen Northumbrian inheritance. But he knows that if he deserts the king's cause, Alfred's dream, a single kingdom encompassing all English speakers, might vanish. 1 vol, 380 pgs
2011 LONDON, HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS |
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Cornwell, Bernard THE BURNING LAND
The sixth novel of Bernard Cornwell's Saxon Tales series. The story is set in the 9th-century Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Wessex, Northumbria, and Mercia. Uhtred of Bebbanburg wins a victory against Danish invaders threatening Alfred the Great's kingdom of Wessex. When Uhtred unintentionally kills a Christian priest who insulted his dead wife, Alfred demands heavy reparations of Uhtred. Instead, Uthred breaks his oath to Alfred and sets off, but eventually returns to Mercia because of his oath to Aethelflaed, Alfred's daughter, and ends the immediate Danish threat. 1 vol, 336 pgs
2009 LONDON, HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS |
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Cornwell, Bernard SHARPE'S TRAFALGAR
It is 1805 and Ensign Richard Sharpe is heading to England to join the Green Jackets. 1 vol, 277 pgs
2000 LONDON, HARPER COLLINS |
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Cornwell, Bernard EXCALIBUR:Warlords Chronicles III
In this this volume Arthur must deal with betrayal on all sides, while defeating the Saxons at Mount Badon and trying to realize his dream of united Britain, rousing good tale. 1 vol, 436 pgs
1997 LONDON, MICHAEL JOSPEH |
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Cornwell, Bernard SHARPE'S ESCAPE: Spain and Portugal 1810
Newest novel in the Richard Sharpe series, set to the background of the 3rd French Invasion of Portugal and the Battle of Bussaco. 1 vol, 400 pgs
2004 UK, HARPER COLLINS |
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Cornwell, Bernhard SHARPE'S TRIUMPH
Part of the 'Richard Sharpe' series, covers the Battle of Assaye, # 14 in the series. 1 vol, 298 pgs
1998 LONDON, HARPER COLLINS |
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Cornwell, Bernhard COPPERHEAD: Book 2 in the Nate Starbuck ACW series
Book Two in the 'Nate Starbuck series' covers the McClellan's Peninsular Campaign April-June 1862 and the battles of Ball's Bluff and Seven Pines. 1 vol, 417 pgs
2001 NY, HARPER COLLINS |
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Delderfield, R. F. TOO FEW FOR DRUMS: Novel
They set out as 10 who must wend their way from behind French lines in Portugal and back to the British Army, great tale of the Peninsular. 1 vol, 256 pgs
2001 ITHACA |
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Flint, Eric 1824 THE ARKNSAS WAR
Volume Two of this series, the author continueswith the founding of a Arkansas a hybrid confeder-ation of Cherokee and Creek clans, freed slaves &runaways and those yearning to be free. 1 vol, 427 pgs
2006 US, BALLANTINE BOOKS |
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Hight, Jack KINGDOM: Saladin Trilogy Vol. 2
1164. The young warrior Saladin joins a Saracen army headed for Egypt. He finds there a land of wonders - from the ancient pyramids and the towering lighthouse of Alexandria, to the caliph's luxurious palace - but also a land of unparalleled danger. In Egypt, no one can be trusted, not even his family. Saladin is surrounded by enemies and haunted by a secret that threatens to destroy him. |
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Lockwood NYCthulhu:Gotham Terror
Written in the style of classic HP Lovecraft from the 1920s and 1930s, this Yuletide tale transforms idle curiosity into a quest for forbidden knowledge along a path that led to the brink of madness and beyond. Such investigations and discoveries should not be made by mortal men... |
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Lockwood, Russ NYCthulhu:Gotham Terror
Written in the style of classic HP Lovecraft from the 1920s and 1930s, this Yuletide tale transforms idle curiosity into a quest for forbidden knowledge along a path that led to |
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Mallinson, Alan COMPANY OF SPEARS
8th book in the series; Hervey is on his way to So. Africa to form the Cape Mounted Rifles. 1 vol, 384 pgs
2006 UK, BANTAM PRESS |
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Mallinson, Alan MAN OF WAR
9th book in the series; 1827 and Hervey is back in England and his friend Captain Peto is on his way to the Agean and the battle of Navaron Bay 1 vol, 339 pgs
2007 UK, BANTAM PRESS |
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Mallinson, Allan HONORABLE COMPANY
2nd book in this series about the Captain MatthewHervey of the 6th Light Dragoons, he is now anaide to Wellington and fines himself in India. 1 vol, 299 pgs
2000 NY, BANTAM BOOKS |
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Mallinson, Allan CALL TO ARMS, A
In this the 4th book, it is 1819 & Captian Hervey is back with 6th Light Dragoons and back in India, well told tale as Hervey and his newly raised troopers take on the Burmese. 1 vol, 398 pgs
2002 UK, BANTAM BOOKS |
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Parkinson, C. Northcote LIFE AND TIMES OF HORATION HORNBLOWER, THE
In this acclaimed fictional bio, Parkinson details the rise to eminence of a Royal Navy Officer from midshipman in 1794 to revered admiral in 1847, b/w maps/illust. 1 vol, 304 pgs
1999 LONDON, BRAMLEY BOOKS |
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Pearson, Harry ACHTUNG SCHWEINHUND! Memoir
A work of fiction about how we played wargames as 'youngsters' both young and old, a witty and charming memoir and gloriously hilarious account of the fun of playing wargames. 1 vol, 150 pgs
2007 UK, LITTLE BROWN |
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Scarrow, Simon DEATH TO THE EMPEROR: Eagles of the Empire 21
Novel. Fifteen years after Rome's invasion of Britannia, centurion Marco is back. The island is settled now, bustling with commerce. Macro's goal is to help run his mother's Londinium inn, and exploit his land grant. He's prepared for the dismal weather and the barbaric ways of the people. But far worse dangers threaten all his plans. |
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Scarrow, Simon REBELLION: Eagles of the Empire 22
AD 60. Britannia is in turmoil. The rebel leader Boudica has tasted victory, against a force of tough veterans in Camulodunum. Alerted to the rapidly spreading uprising, Governor Suetonius leads his army towards endangered Londinium with a mounted escort, led by Prefect Cato. Soon it's terrifyingly clear that Britannia is slipping into chaos and panic, with ever more tribal warriors swelling Boudica's ranks. And Cato and Suetonius are grimly aware that little preparation has been made to withstand a full-scale rebellion. |
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Scarrow, Simon CENTURION
8th book in the series, Macro & Cato are inPalmyra and the Parthian Empire threatens. 1 vol, 338 pgs
2008 UK, HEADLINE BOOKS |
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Sidebottom, Harry WARRIOR OF ROME II: King of Kings
Second book in the series - AD256 - the spectre of treachery hangs ominously over the Roman Empire. The sparks of Christian fervor have spread through the empire like wildfire, and the imperium is alive with the machinations of dangerous and powerful men. All the while, Sassanid forces press forward relentlessly along the eastern frontier. |
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Sidebottom, Harry WARRIOR OF ROME III:Lion of the Sun
Third book in the series. Mesopotamia, AD 260 Betrayed by his most trusted adviser, the Roman Emperor Valerian has been captured by the Sassanid barbarians. The shame of the vanquished beats down mercilessly like the white sun, as the frail old emperor prostrates himself before Shapur, King of Kings. Ballista looks on helplessly, but vows under his breath to avenge those who have brought the empire to the brink of destruction with their treachery. One day, maybe not soon, but one day, I will kill you . . . But first he must decide what price he will pay for his own freedom. Only the fearless and only those whom the gods will spare from hell can now save the empire from a catastrophic ending. Ballista, the Warrior of Rome, faces his greatest challenge yet. 1 vol, 416 pgs
2010 UK, PENGUIN |
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Sidebottom, Harry WARRIOR OF ROME IV: The Caspian Gates
Fourth book in the series. 262 AD -- the Imperium is in turmoil after the struggle for the throne. Furthermore, Ephesus, Asia's metropolis, lies in ruins, shattered by a mighty earthquake. Its citizens live in fear as the mob overwhelms the city, baying for blood to avenge the gods who have punished them. Yet an even greater threat to the Empire advances from the North. The barbaric Goth tribes sail towards Ephesus, determined to pillage the city. Only Ballista, Warrior of Rome, knows the ways of the barbarians, and only he can defeat them. The Goths' appetite for brutality and destruction is limitless and before long Ballista is locked into a deadly bloodfeud, with an enemy that has sworn to destroy him - and the Imperium - at all costs. 1 vol, 432 pgs
2011 UK, MICHAEL JOSEPH LTD |
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Sidebottom, Harry WARRIOR OF ROME VII: Falling Sky
In the seventh novel in Harry Sidebottom's acclaimed and best-selling Warrior of Rome historical fiction series, it's AD 265, Gaul, and the Roman Empire is on the brink. Emperor Gallienus has amassed a huge army across the Alps to seize back the mountains from the usurper Postumus. |
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