Who's Who in Military History looks at those people who have shaped the course of war. Broad in geographical and chronological scope, it concentrates on all the periods and conflicts about which the r
From Byzantium to Modern Greece: Hellenic Art in Adversity, 1453-1830 , examines the evolution of Hellenic art and culture during four centuries of tumultuous change under Venetian and Ottoman occup
Sadler (military historian, Centre for Lifelong Learning, Sunderland U.) writes for fellow military historians or general readers very interested in the subject as he thoroughly covers the wars betwee
The period of Ottoman rule in Greek history has undergone a dramatic reassessment in recent years. Long reviled as four hundred years of unrelieved slavery and barbarity under 'the Turkish yoke', a ne
Constantine XI’s last moments in life, as he stood before the walls of Constantinople in 1453, have bestowed a heroic status on him. This book produces a more balanced portrait of an intriguing indivi
