Normanby Press imprint: 386 books
by Sir John William Fortescue
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life’s work “The History of the British Army”, issued in 20 volumes, which took him some 30 years to complete. In scope and breadth it is such that no modern scholar...
by Hon. Sir John William Fortescue
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life’s work “The History of the British Army”, issued in 20 volumes, which took him some 30 years to complete. In scope and breadth it is such that no modern scholar...
by Général Jean Joseph Gustave Cler
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
“'Of the soldiers of the world-the Zouaves are the first and bravest'
“This is a rare and unusual account compiled principally from the writings of Cler, who became a General of the French Army and who fell in battle at Magenta. The book concerns his earlier career and the experiences, campaigns...
Crimean Blunder
The Story of War with Russia a Hundred Years Ago
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
First published in 1960, this book details the events in Turkey, the Crimea and the shores of the Black Sea during the military conflict fought from October 1853 to March 1856, in which Russia lost to an alliance of France, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia.
In writing his...
by General Sir John Adye GCB
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Includes 24 maps, plans and illustrations
General Sir John Adye (1819-1900) served his country over a long and victorious career in the Royal artillery. A pillar of the Victorian military establishment, his first taste of action came during the Crimean War (1853-1856) and saw as much as any...
The Crimean Expedition, to the Capture Of Sebastopol Vol. II
Chronicles of the War in the East, from its Commencement to the Signing of the Treaty of Peace, Vol. II
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
This important historical account is the first in a series of two volumes, first published in 1856—the same year as the original French edition.
The author, Baron de Bazancourt, was appointed official historiographer by Napoleon III, and charged with the responsibility of producing a history...
The Invasion of the Crimea: Vol. III [Sixth Edition]
Its Origin, and an Account of its Progress Down to the Death of Lord Raglan
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
This is the sixth edition of the third volume in a series of nine that was originally published in 1877, and which together provide a thoroughly comprehensive operational history of the Crimean War to June 1855, including all the early battles and the first attack on the Redan.
Alexander William...
by George Palmer Evelyn
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
This book, first published in 1954, is a fascinating first-hand account by Rifle Brigade officer of the British Army, George Palmer Evelyn, of his experiences during the war in Crimea and on the Danube between 1853-1855. These are conveyed in the form of his diary entries at the time, as well as letters...
by General Baron Antoine Henri de Jomini
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
The Seven Years War (1756-1763) marked the first truly world-wide conflict following the expansion of European colonies, sparking engagements across India to Canada.
As with so many of the European wars, the causes were a question of land and legitimacy. The ever-present simmering tensions between...
The Great War With Russia — The Invasion Of The Crimea - A Personal Retrospect
Of The Battles Of The Alma, Balaclava, And Inkerman And Of The Winter Of 1854-55, &c. [Illustrated Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
[Illustrated with over two hundred and sixty maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Crimean War]
“The journalist William Howard Russell (1820–1907) is sometimes regarded as being the first war correspondent, and his reports from the conflict in...
by Andrew Hillard Atteridge
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
A. H. Atteridge penned many books on the subject of warfare, concentrating mainly on the Napoleonic period and the German army in the run up to the First World War. An acknowledged expert, his writing style is fluid and pacy without losing any of his authoritative knowledge.
The history of warfare...
by Hon. Sir John William Fortescue
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life’s work “The History of the British Army”, issued in 20 volumes, which took him some 30 years to complete. In scope and breadth it is such that no modern scholar...
by Hon. Sir John William Fortescue
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life’s work “The History of the British Army”,
According to Professor Brian Bond, the work was “the product of indefatigable research in original documents,...
Eight Months’ Campaign Against The Bengal Sepoy Army During The Mutiny Of 1857 [Illustrated Edition]
Eight Months’ Campaign Against The Bengal Sepoy Army During The Mutiny Of 1857 [Illustrated Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny]
“The Indian Mutiny from the siege of Delhi to the mutineers' defeat at Cawnpore, via the relief of Lucknow. Written by an officer of the British Horse Artillery.
An...