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  • Battles of the Scottish Lowlands

    by Stuart Reid ...
    Series series Battleground Britain
    This historical guide retells, in graphic detail, the story of nine of the most important battles to be fought in Scotland south of the Highland Line, stretching from Aberdeen to the Firth of Clyde. The battles range from medieval period to the time of Jacobite Rebellion. They show how weapons andequipment, tactics and strategy, and the make up of the armies themselves changed over the course of ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Culloden, 1746

    Battlefield Guide: Third Edition

    by Stuart Reid ...
    A journey to the Highland battlefield where this landmark event in Scottish history took place, with numerous maps and illustrations.Culloden Moor is one of the most famous battles in British history and, for the Scots, the battle is pre-eminent, surpassing even Bannockburn. In this decisive and bloody encounter in 1746, the Duke of Cumberland's government army defeated the Jacobite rebels led by ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wellington's History of the Peninsular War

    Battling Napoleon in Iberia 1808–1814

    by Stuart Reid ...
    An historic account of the Peninsula War written by the man leading forces against the French, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.Though pressed many times to write about his battles and campaigns, the Duke of Wellington always replied that people should refer to his published dispatches. Yet Wellington did, in effect, write a history of the Peninsular War in the form of four lengthy ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Crown, Covenant and Cromwell

    The Civil Wars in Scotland, 1639–1651

    by Stuart Reid ...
    Crown, Covenant and Cromwell is a groundbreaking military history of the Great Civil War or rather the last Anglo-Scottish War as it was fought in Scotland and by Scottish armies in England between 1639 and 1651. While the politics of the time are necessarily touched upon, it is above all the story of those armies and the men who marched in them under generals such as Alexander Leslie, the ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lumumba Plot

    The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination

    by Stuart A. Reid ...
    **The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller—about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader of the newly independent CongoA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, The Economist, Financial Times**“This is one of the best books I have read in years . . . gripping, full of colorful characters ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Sheriffmuir 1715

    The Jacobite War in Scotland

    by Stuart Reid ...
    A deep dive into the clash between the Earl of Mar's Jacobite forces and the Duke of Argyll's Hanoverian troops on November thirteen, 1715.Sheriffmuir 1715 is the military history of a doomed Jacobite rising in Scotland, which enjoyed far more public support and arguably far more chance of success than Bonnie Prince Charlie's attempt thirty years later. Unlike the 'forty-five, the uprising which ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scots Armies of the English Civil Wars

    by Stuart Reid ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    In the summer of 1642 the First Civil War between king and parliament had broken out in England.Initially both sides were confident of victory, but after the first campaigns ended in stalemate they began looking for allies. The meddling of the Stuart Kings with Scotland's religious traditions provoked the National Covenant, and later the Solemn League and Covenant. Yet many Scots continued to ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Flintlock Musket

    Brown Bess and Charleville 1715–1865

    by Stuart Reid ...
    Series Book 44 - Weapon
    The flintlock or firelock musket is one of the most iconic weapons in history.Used on the battlefields of the English Civil War, it was then carried by both sides at Blenheim, Bunker Hill, Waterloo and the Alamo, and dominated warfare for more than 150 years, with military service as late as the American Civil War in the 1860s.Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this engaging ... Read more

    $19.89 CAD

  • Battle of Killiecrankie, 1689

    The Last Act of the Killing Times

    by Stuart Reid ...
    The fifty-odd years of Scottish history dominated by the Jacobite Risings are amongst its most evocative and whilst the last battle, Culloden in 1746, is deservedly remembered as a national tragedy, the first battle on the braes of Killiecrankie was unquestionably the most dramatic.It was very much a Scottish battle. The later Jacobite risings would be launched against kings and governments in ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • British Redcoat 1740–93

    by Stuart Reid ...
    Series Book 19 - Warrior
    During this period, the British army earned itself a formidable reputation as a fighting force. However, due to its role as a police force at home, and demonisation by American propaganda, the army was viewed as little removed from a penal institution run by aristocratic dilettantes. This view, still held by many today, is challenged by Stuart Reid, who paints a picture of an increasingly ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Redcoat Officer

    1740–1815

    by Stuart Reid ...
    Series Book 42 - Warrior
    The commissioned officer ranks in the British Army from 1740-1815 were almost entirely composed of the affluent and educated - the sons of the landed gentry, the wealthy, and other professional people. This title looks at the enlistment, training, daily life and combat experiences of the typical British officer in the crucial periods of the North American conflicts, the American Revolution, and ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Frederick the Great’s Allies 1756–63

    by Stuart Reid ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    The Seven Years' War in Germany was characterised by an increasing use of 'light' troops in conjunction with regular infantry and cavalry as part of an ongoing evolution in military tactics.This book draws attention to these tactical developments and also provides an analysis of the allied army that fought alongside Frederick the Great in Germany. Composed of troops from the electorate of Hanover ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD