THE ART OF RENAISSANCE WARFARE

This book, which has been a labour of love, and a long time coming, tells the story of knightly warfare from the Fall of Constantinople to the Thirty Years' War. In a sense it is a companion volume to The Knight Triumphant, because it begins where that book finished. It was a time of great change and bold innovation. We see the introduction of siege artillery and the 'diabolical' wheel-lock pistol. There are the angle bastions and the galleys; the battles of Lepanto and Fornovo, as well as the sieges of Rhodes, Belgrade and Pskov.

It is illustrated with original pictures including works of art from across Europe.

THE WALLS OF CONSTANTINOPLE

The greatest surviving medieval fortifications are the walls of Constantinople (Istanbul), that withstood sieges for over one thousand years.

For my latest project I walked the entire length three times. We have included marvellous reconstructions, and photographs for which I risked life and limb! The picture here is a cutaway of a tower.

THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

This is the first account in English of the Great Wall of China from the military point of view. I have walked extensively along much of the Ming wall, and supplemented my personal research with other material. There are original photographs, maps and superb reconstructions.