Arms and the Man
Title | Arms and the Man PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Shaw |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 81 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0486264769 |
A dramatic comedy combines high comedy with social commentary in deflating misconceptions about love and warfare.
Arms and Men
Title | Arms and Men PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Millis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN |
A Man at Arms: A Novel
Title | A Man at Arms: A Novel PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Pressfield |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2021-03-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0393540987 |
From the acclaimed master of historical fiction comes an epic saga about a reluctant hero, the Roman Empire, and the rise of a new faith. Jerusalem and the Sinai desert, first century AD. In the turbulent aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus, officers of the Roman Empire acquire intelligence of a pilgrim bearing an incendiary letter from a religious fanatic to insurrectionists in Corinth. The content of this letter could bring down the empire. The Romans hire a former legionary, the solitary man-at-arms, Telamon of Arcadia, to intercept the letter and capture its courier. Telamon operates by a dark code all his own, with no room for noble causes or lofty beliefs. But once he overtakes the courier, something happens that neither he nor the empire could have predicted. In his first novel of the ancient world in thirteen years, the best-selling author of Gates of Fire and Tides of War returns with a gripping saga of conquest and rebellion, bloodshed and faith.
Men in Arms
Title | Men in Arms PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Preston |
Publisher | |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 1962 |
Genre | Military history |
ISBN |
The Spanish Tercios 1536–1704
Title | The Spanish Tercios 1536–1704 PDF eBook |
Author | Ignacio J.N. López |
Publisher | Osprey Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012-07-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781849087933 |
A mixed infantry formation made up of about 3,000 men armed with pikes, swords and handguns, the innovative and influential tercio or 'Spanish square' was the basic combat unit of the armies of Spain throughout much of the 16th and 17th centuries. Arguably the first permanent tactical formation seen in Europe since the Roman cohort, the tercio was the forerunner of modern formations such as the battalion and regiment. The variety of different weapons fielded in the tercio meant the Spanish infantry could resist opposing cavalry forces while overcoming every kind of enemy infantry deployed against them. Featuring full-colour artwork and photographs of rare items held at the Spanish Army Museum, this study covers the whole period during which the tercios were active, opening with the third Italian war between the forces of France and the Holy Roman Emperor and concluding with the final transformation of the Spanish tercios into regiments in 1704.
Arms and the Man
Title | Arms and the Man PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Shaw |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 86 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780486264769 |
A dramatic comedy combines high comedy with social commentary in deflating misconceptions about love and warfare.
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Title | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders PDF eBook |
Author | William McElwee |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 121 |
Release | 2012-05-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1780967683 |
On 1 July 1881 Viscount Cardwell's wholesale reorganisation of the British Army brought into existence Priness Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Both had existed as separate regiments even before their official incorporation into the British Army and on the face of it, this seemed a highly improbable union, Being separated both geographically and historically they had never even served together in the same theatre. Yet, as history has shown, this unlikely combination proved to be a tremendous success. William McElwee tells the story of this most famous of regiments which has served with distinction in two world wars and beyond.