Libros

This book deals with a series of military operations that occurred in Portugal in 1762 and 1763, during the Seven Years' War, and which have been largely dismissed by the historiography. They are collectively called the Guerra Fantastica ,'Fantastical War', given the fact that the military units of (...)

Con el presente libro se pretende demostrar la importancia de los ingenieros militares en la organización del virreinato de la Nueva Granada, aportándose otras visiones relacionadas con el patrimonio caribeño resultado de la producción de dicho colectivo. La continua amenaza inglesa, materializada (...)

The Rif War in rugged northern Morocco is remembered for romantic films and novels about the French Foreign Legion, such as Beau Geste. In reality, the French intervention, although very important, was late and secondary in importance to that of the Spanish. Spain, had been fighting in North Africa (...)

The Battle of Villamuriel was the largest engagement of Wellington's retreat from Burgos in 1812. Twice as many men were involved as in the better-known actions at Villadrigo/Venta del Pozo two days earlier. This is the first full length account of the action and improves significantly on previous (...)

El 30 de abril de 1341, el duque Juan III de Bretaña muere sin descendencia. Su sobrina, Juana de Penthièvre, esposa de Carlos de Blois, y Juan de Montfort, esposo de Juana de Flandes y hermanastro de Juan III, reclaman la corona ducal de Bretaña. ¡En menos de una hora, se disputará el título del (...)