Bøker av John Sadler

This book explores the origins and evolution of the living history movement, details key moments from the past that are regulary reenacted and provides practical guidance on how to get involved.

Eric Bloodaxe embodies the savagery of Norse legend, a life of struggle and murderous violence. This, the first biography, explores the legend and the reality.

'We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.' (Attributed to Winston Churchill). Exploring the history of military museum collections around Britain.

Examines the Gurkhas and their experience of service life through war and peace in the 21st century. Uses interviews, unpublished diaries and correspondence.

If Hitler had succeeded in developing a nuclear bomb, that could have been both the end of the Second World War and of civilisation as we know it. A handful of commandos stopped him.

This is an absolute must for anyone interested in the history of the Anglo/Scottish border wars, Scottish history in general and the independence debate.

For two years in the mid-thirteenth century, England was torn by a bloody civil war between the king and his nobles. For a short time, the country came close to unseating the monarchy, and the outcome changed the course of English history.

As John Sadler reveals in this highly readable study, Hotspur was a much more varied and interesting character than his narrow reputation for headstrong attack and rebellion suggests.

How British soldiers took Sword and Gold beaches on D-Day. This is the story of the British soldiers' experience of the beach landings on that fateful morning - the spearhead of Operation Overlord.

After writing "Come Let Us Adore Him," my first published book of poems of and about Jesus, I was at a stage of whether this endeavor was a "one and done" event. I was soon to find out it wasn''t. The Holy Spirit kept giving me topics to run with and so I did. (Sometimes in the middle of the night.) After a short lull, I was back writing about more topics and insights about Jesus.I''m prayerful that some of what is in "The Kingdoms of my Heart" will have an intended effect for many someones to give their whole hearts to the one who gave us victory at the cross of calvary. For those who have already entered sainthood, this book is to reinforce and bolster your boldness for Jesus.

An accessible and entertaining new history of the Long Range Desert Group, forerunner of the SAS, famous for their exploits in the Desert War, and full of memorable characters and archetypal British heroes.

The little book of Newcastle

The Second World War (1939-45) was not greeted with the same lavish outpouring of patriotic fervour that had attended August 1914. The Great War had been heralded as `the war to end all wars';One significant difference between the two conflicts is that, whilst both were industrial wars, the Second World War was far nearerthe concept of total war.

The Battle of Flodden in 1513 was the largest battle ever to take place between England and Scotland. Expert knowledge and detailed maps look at the key events, the 1135 campaign and the minor battles of Millfield and Norham, and a full profile of the respective forces and deployments, and convey the battle's course concisely and clearly.

A startling new history of the Campbell massacre of the McDonald Clan, one the most emotive episodes in Scottish history. In the early hours of 13 February 1692, English Redcoats under the command of Campbell of Glenlyon, who for the past week had been peacefully quartered on the inhabitants of Glencoe, fell upon their MacDonald hosts. In the ensuing hours 38 defenceless men, women, and children were murdered in cold blood. The massacre, sanctioned by the new king of England, William of Orange, was initially covered up, but news of such treachery could not kept quiet and it has become a cause celebre of Scottish history. John Sadler re-investigation of the sources and contemporary accounts has yielded valuable new insights into why the order was given, turning the previously excepted view of events on its head.

* Graphic new account of the bloodiest battle of the Wars of the Roses * Reconstructs the fighting in vivid detail * Insight into the rival commanders Edward IV and the Duke of Somerset * Incorporates the results of recent archaeological research * Sets the battle in the wider context of medieval military history