Enlightenment History from Viceroy Books

Osprey Pub Co, 2008. New book, 96 pages, CAM106. The final demise of Jacobitism amid the slaughter of the Highland clans on a cold and damp Culloden Moor in April 1746 is undoubtedly one of the most famous battles in British military history. It has also been, until recently, one of the least understood from both a military and political… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2008. New book, 96 pages, CAM106. The final demise of Jacobitism amid the slaughter of the Highland clans on a cold and damp Culloden Moor in April 1746 is undoubtedly one of the most famous battles in British military history. It has also been, until recently, one of the least understood from both a military and political… Read more about this item

Da Capo Press Inc.,N.Y., 2017. New book, 304 pages. Led by the Continental Congress, the Americans almost lost their war for independence because their military thinking was badly muddled. The embryo nation narrowly escaped from the disastrous results of these misconceptions thanks to the levelheaded intelligence of one man: General George Washington. Following the flush of small victories in 1775,… Read more about this item

Robinson, 2010. New book, 356 pages. The Samurai were the embodiment of the Japanese martial tradition. From humble beginnings as frontiersmen and border guards, they rose in power to become the true rulers of Japan, with an ideology based on military strategy and chilling battlefield aesthetics. This new study includes their greatest battles and worst defeats, theirs wars and weaponry,… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2002. New book, 95 pages, ESS046. In 1467 the Onin War ushered in a period of unrivalled conflict and rivalry in Japan that came to be called the Age of Warring States or Sengoku Jidai. In this book Stephen Turnbull offers a masterly exposition of the Sengoku Jidai, detailing the factors that led to Japan's disintegration into… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2002. New book, 95 pages, ESS047. The seven French Wars of Religion began in 1562 and lasted for 36 years. Although the wars were fought between Catholics and Protestants, this books draws out in full the equally important struggle for power between the king and the leading nobles, and the rivalry between the nobles themselves as they… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2013. New book, 80 pages, CAM256. Following the defeat at Wabash, in 1792 the Washington administration created a new US Army to replace the one that had been destroyed. The man chosen to lead it was the famous Major-General Mad Anthony Wayne. Having trained his new force, Wayne set out in 1793 to subdue the Ohio Indians.… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2002. New book, 96 pages, ESS029. More than three and a half centuries have passed since the Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War (1618-48); but this most devastating of wars in the early modern period continues to capture the imagination of readers: this book reveals why. It was one of the first wars where contemporaries… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2010. New book, 64 pages, RAID15. At the height of the Seven Years' War, Great Britain made an audacious strike at the heart of Spanish colonial power in the Caribbean. Gathering troops from bases in Britain and Canada and sailing across the Atlantic in secrecy was an incredible feat. The raid on Havana took Spanish colonial forces… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2006. New book, 272 pages, ESP07. At the beginning of the 18th century, America was a colonized land with European countries squabbling over its many natural resources. In 1754, the French-Indian War broke out as a decisive battle between the French and British for control of North America. Britain's victory led to greater governmental involvement in the… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2011. New book, 96 pages, CAM240. In 1791, the US Army conducted its first important operation. St. Clair led an American army of about 2,000 into what now is Ohio. On 4 November 1791, the campaign ended in what was, in proportion to the size of the US Army at the time, by far the greatest disaster… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2011. New book, 96 pages, CAM240. In 1791, the US Army conducted its first important operation. St. Clair led an American army of about 2,000 into what now is Ohio. On 4 November 1791, the campaign ended in what was, in proportion to the size of the US Army at the time, by far the greatest disaster… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2011. New book, 64 pages, CMD21. George Washington may be one of history's most underrated commanders. Overlooked in favour of his contemporaries such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Frederick the Great, Washington's achievements are arguably more impressive. Frederick and Napoleon inherited formidable militaries, and both had extensive military training and experience prior to assuming command of armies. Washington… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2011. New book, 80 pages, RAID23. From 1600 till 1866 civil strife in public was virtually unknown in Japan; however, personal loyalty and self-sacrifice could at times rise above the samurai hierarchy to redefine Japanese culture. In 1703 former samurai avenged their lord in the most legendary raid in Japanese history. The story of the 47 ronin… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2000. New book, 96 pages, CAM076. On 5 July 1758 General Abercromby's expedition against Fort Carillon set off from its camp. Within hours, tragedy struck. Some rangers ran into a French scouting party and in the fierce skirmish that followed Lord Howe, the darling of the army, was shot through the heart. The army was shattered at… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2001. New book, 96 pages, CAM86. The thwarted invasion of England by the Spanish Armada is studied here in fascinating detail. How, in a few short days, Philip II's fleet was stopped from invading England and forced into full retreat is looked at in a new and unique way. With the help of battle plans and bird's… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2011. New book, 96 pages, ESS72. The Jacobite Rebellion was the final attempt of the House of Stuart to re-establish itself on the British throne and it saw the death throes of the independent martial prowess of the Highland clans. No event in British history has been more heavily romanticized, but Gregory Fremont-Barnes succeeds in stripping away… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2010. New book, 64 pages, CMD10. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, is one of the great commanders of history. Using his great charm and diplomatic skills he was able to bind troops from various European states into a cohesive army that won a string of victories over the French armies of King Louis XIV, the first… Read more about this item

Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA: Corner House Pub, 1975. Used book, 328 pages. Rubbing wear on cover, notes written by previous owner on front endpaper, pages are in 'As New' condition. During the American Revolution, more than 29,000 german soldiers were brought to America to fight for England against the colonial armies. Edward Lowell utilised the German archives extensively for data concerning… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2010. New book, 64 pages, CMD06. Arguably the greatest military commander in the history of the samurai, Toyotomi Hideyoshi rose from the ranks of the peasantry to rule over all Japan. A student of the great unifier Oda Nobunaga, Hideyoshi would later avenge the murder of his master at the battle of Yamazaki. After consolidating his position,… Read more about this item