Monthly Specials - August 2025 titles

Wing Commander Bertie Rex O'Bryen Hoare DFC & Bar, DSO & Bar

Despite his restricted night vision and depth perception, Bertie went on to became one of the RAF’s leading advocates in the art of what was known as ‘intruder operations’.

Author: Danny Burt

Publisher: Air World

Hardback. 240pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399017862

Weight: 717g

Original Price: £25.00

A Guide to Fortresses, Statues and Memorials of the French Wars 1792-1815

Author: David Buttery

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16cm by 23.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399084376

Weight: 731g

Original Price: £18.00

All are beautifully illustrated by the many colour plates in this book, and their organization, equipment and tactics described.

Author: Gabriele Esposito

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 168pp. 17.5cm by 25cm.

ISBN: 9781399089807

Weight: 984g

Original Price: £25.00

While the campaign in Norway (April to June 1940) was a depressing opening to active hostilities between Britain and Nazi Germany, it led directly to Churchills war leadership and The Coalition.

Author: Anthony Dix

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 272pp. 16cm by 22.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399022705

Weight: 450g

Original Price: £14.99

A Pictorial Railway Journey Across Britain in the 1960s

Author: Howard Routledge

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 112pp. 21.5cm by 28cm.

ISBN: 9781399083928

Weight: 823g

Original Price: £25.00

The Deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz, May-July 1944

Author: Ian Baxter

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 144pp. 19cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399062909

Weight: 415g

Original Price: £14.99

Pegasus Bridge and the Merville Battery.

Author: Jon Cooksey

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 144pp. 17cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781844152032

Weight: 356g

Original Price: £16.99

British, American and Other Naval Motor Boats at War 1914-1920.

Author: Steve Dunn

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

Hardback. 320pp. 16.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399062855

Weight: 850g

Original Price: £25.00

Air Battles of the First World War.

Author: Michael Foley

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Paperback. 192pp. 14cm by 20cm.

ISBN: 9781399074957

Weight: 463g

Original Price: £14.99

The Ministry of Defence, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and The Imperial War Museum had no records of POW's building a railway in Sumatra. So began Geoff's journey, his aim to prove to the establishment what he already knew to be true. This is Geoff's story of his captivity, release, and subsequent efforts in achieving his aim.

Author: Christine Bridges

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16.5cm by 24.5cm.

ISBN: 9781399015257

Weight: 514g

Original Price: £20.00

Life and Legacy of the Virgin Queen.

Author: Paul Kendall

Publisher: Frontline Books

Hardback. 216pp. 16.5cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399018357

Weight: 780g

Original Price: £25.00

How Soviet Russia Stole the Secrets of the Manhattan Project.

Author: John Harte

Publisher: Pen & Sword

Hardback. 224pp. 16cm by 24cm.

ISBN: 9781399049108

Weight: 628g

Original Price: £25.00