Holmes, Richard

Tells the story of the American Revolution from the perspective of the British losers, focusing on the military aspects of the conflict, with dramatizations of battles, eyewitness accounts, documents, and paintings.

Chronicles the events of the Normandy campaign of World War II, featuring over thirty facsimile items of D-Day memorabilia, including maps, diaries, letters, secret memos and reports, posters, and logbooks; and includes an audio CD with firsthand accounts of the invasion and battle from American, British, Canadian, and German veterans.

Discusses the influence of discoveries by astronomer William Herschel and his sister Caroline; chemist and poet Humphrey Davy, and explorer Joseph Banks on the Romantic Age as elements of religious faith and scientific truth combined to form a new cultural paradigm.

Explores the history of balloon aeronautics and how men and women in the nineteenth century used hot-air balloons in new ways. Discusses the many authors who took balloon rides--like Jules Verne and Mary Shelley--and how those rides influenced their writings, along with a variety of stories of exploration, warfare, and rescue conducted with hot-air balloons.

The stories behind the most compelling battles in military history.

Contains over 1,300 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the military history of the world, covering battles, leaders, technology, ethics, and other topics.