The Battle of White Mountain: The History and Legacy of the First Major Battle of the Thirty Years’ War

It has been famously pointed out that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, but it was also not an empire i

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*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting written by participants on both sides *Includes a bibliography for

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*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of soldiers' accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for furth

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*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Though Napoleon Bonaparte

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Although it ended over 550 years ago, the Hundred Years’ War still looms large in the historical consciousness of Englan

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*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents On October 29, 1937, a la

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*Includes pictures *Explains the roles played by Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison before, during, and after the battl

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In 1914 the Germans launched an offensive that swept through Belgium and into France, threatening to crush French resist

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*Includes pictures *Includes medieval accounts of the siege and the First Crusade *Includes a bibliography for further r

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