Won by the Sword: Great Campaigns of the Thirty Years War, Vol. 1(2014)
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Rommel's War(2024)
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Free At Last(2006)
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Unhappy King Charles (second edition)(2024)
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300: Earth & Water(2018)
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Unhappy King Charles!(2008)
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Soldier Raj: The Struggle for India 1767-1848(2004)
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Shifting Sands: The Campaign for North Africa 1940-1943(2006)
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Campaigns of Montrose: A Year of Living Dangerously, 1644-1645(2019)
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