Adrian Goldsworthy Books In Order
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The Fort | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The City | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Wall | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Napoleonic Wars Books
True Soldier Gentlemen | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Beat the Drums Slowly | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Send Me Safely Back Again | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
All in Scarlet Uniform | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Run Them Ashore | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Whose Business is to Die | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Vindolanda Books
Vindolanda | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Encircling Sea | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Brigantia | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Hill 112 | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
The Roman Army At War | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Punic Wars | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Caesar's Civil War | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
In the Name of Rome | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Caesar | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Cannae | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Fall of the West / How Rome Fell | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Antony and Cleopatra | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Complete Roman Army | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
The Fall of Carthage | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Caesar's Civil War 49-44 BC | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Augustus | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Pax Romana | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Hadrian's Wall | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Philip and Alexander | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Rome and Persia | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon |
Publication Order of General Military Books
The British Home Guard Pocketbook | (0) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Otto Skorzeny: The Devil’s Disciple | (1950) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Forgotten Dead: Why 946 American Servicemen Died Off The Coast of Devon in 1944 | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Jackspeak: A Guide to British Naval Slang & Usage | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Joshua L. Chamberlain: The Life in Letters of a Great Leader of the American Civil War | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Hunt the Bismarck: The Pursuit of Germany's Most Famous Battleship | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Out of Nowhere: A history of the military sniper, from the Sharpshooter to Afghanistan | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Rome at War | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Rolling Thunder In A Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
FUBAR: Soldier Slang of World War II | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
An Officer's Manual of the Western Front: 1914-1918 | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Warship 2008 | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Deceiving Hitler: Double-Cross and Deception in World War II | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The English Civil Wars, 1640-1660 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
No Greater Ally: The Untold Story of Poland's Forces in World War II (General Mi | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Battleground Prussia | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Road to Victory: From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Spitfire Pocket Manual: 1939-1945 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Silent Killers: Submarines and Underwater Warfare | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Warship 2011 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Quick Training for War | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Panther: Germany's quest for combat dominance | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Para Fitness Guide | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Rice Paddy Navy:U.S. Sailors Undercover in China | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Commando Pocket Manual: 1940-1945 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Concrete Hell: Urban Warfare From Stalingrad to Iraq | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
America's Elite: U.S. Special Forces From The American Revolution To The Present Day | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
American Tanks & AFVs of World War II | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Invasion 1914: The Schlieffen Plan to the Battle of the Marne | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
No Victory in Valhalla: The untold story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Bastogne to Berchtesgaden | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The SAS Pocket Manual: 1941-1945 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Company of Heroes: A Forgotten Medal of Honor and Bravo Company’s War in Vietnam | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume I: 1939–42 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Finland at War: the Winter War 1939-40 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
American Knights: The Untold Story of the Men of the Legendary 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941–45 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Liberty or Death: The French Revolution | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Samurai Armour: Volume I: The Japanese Cuirass | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Maps of War: Mapping conflict through the centuries | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
We March Against England: Operation Sea Lion, 1940-41 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Instrument of War: The German Army 1914–18 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
With Their Bare Hands: General Pershing, the 79th Division, and the battle for Montfaucon | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Loco Spotter’s Guide | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Long Range Desert Group in World War II | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Sevastopol’s Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Bloodstained Sands: U.S. Amphibious Operations in World War II | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Soviet T-10 Heavy Tank and Variants | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Shadow over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-boats: 1943–45 | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Shot Down and in the Drink: True Stories of RAF and Commonwealth Aircrews Saved from the Sea in WWII | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Splintered Empires | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Panther | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Second World Wars | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Concorde Pocket Manual | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Pacific Thunder: The US Navy's Central Pacific Campaign, August 1943–October 1944 | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Case Red: The Collapse of France | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Legion versus Phalanx | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Mosquito Pocket Manual: All Marks in Service 1941–1945 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Cutty Sark Pocket Manual | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Snapdragon: The World War II Exploits of Darby's Ranger and Combat Photographer Phil Stern | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Tidal Wave: From Leyte Gulf to Tokyo Bay | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
HMS Belfast Pocket Manual | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The German Soldier's Pocket Manual: 1914–18 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat: Naval slang and its everyday usage | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Valley Of The Shadow: The Siege Of Dien Bien Phu | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Day of the Rangers: The Battle of Mogadishu 25 Years On | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Forts: An illustrated history of building for defence | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Third Reich is Listening: Inside German codebreaking 1939–45 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Charlie Company Journeys Home: The Forgotten Impact on the Wives of Vietnam Veterans | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Run to the Sound of the Guns: The True Story of an American Ranger at War in Afghanistan and Iraq | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Soviet T-54 Main Battle Tank | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Hitler's Death | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Great Bear at War: The Russian and Soviet Army, 1917–Present | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Pirate World: A History of the Most Notorious Sea Robbers | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
How to Survive in the Georgian Navy: A Sailor's Guide | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
An Englishman Abroad: SOE Agent Dick Mallaby’s Italian Missions, 1943–45 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
War Bows: Longbow, crossbow, composite bow and Japanese yumi | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Pilgrim Days: A Lifetime of Soldiering from Vietnam to the SAS | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Panzerartillerie: Firepower for the Panzer Divisions | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Holding the Line: The Naval Air Campaign In Korea | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
World War II Battle by Battle | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Doctor for Friend and Foe: Britain's Frontline Medic in the Fight for the Falklands | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Warship 2019 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Scapa 1919: The Archaeology of a Scuttled Fleet | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Wade McClusky and the Battle of Midway | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
German submarine U-1105 'Black Panther': The naval archaeology of a U-boat | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Soviet T-55 Main Battle Tank | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Hurricane Pocket Manual: All marks in service 1939–45 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
On a Knife's Edge | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Case White: The Invasion of Poland 1939 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Sent by the Iron Sky: The Legacy of an American Parachute Battalion in World War II | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Persian War: In Herodotus and Other Ancient Voices | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Blazing Star, Setting Sun: The Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign November 1942–March 1943 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Audacious Missions of World War II: Daring Acts of Bravery Revealed Through Letters and Documents from the Time | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Be PARA Fit: The 4-Week Formula for Elite Physical Fitness | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Hitler's Tanks: German Panzers of World War II | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Master Shipwright's Secrets: How Charles II built the Restoration Navy | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Lawrence of Arabia on War: The Campaign in the Desert 1916–18 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Devil's Bridge: The German Victory at Arnhem, 1944 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Rome - City in Terror: The Nazi Occupation 1943–44 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
I Will Run Wild: The Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Reckoning | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Mutiny on the Spanish Main: HMS Hermione and the Royal Navy's Revenge | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Blood, Metal and Dust: The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 2001–14 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Churchill Quiz Book: How much do you know about Britain's wartime leader? | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Warship 2021 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Soviet T-62 Main Battle Tank | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Jutland 1916: The Archaeology of a Naval Battlefield | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of Smithsonian History of Warfare Books
War in the Air 1914-45 | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Civil War and the Wars of the Nineteenth Century | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Warfare in the Eighteenth Century | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Second World War in Europe | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Second World War in the East | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Art Of War: War And Military Thought | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
War at Sea in the Age of Sail | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
War at Sea in the Ironclad Age | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
History of Warfare: The Renaissance at War | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Wars of National Liberation | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Wars Of The Ancient Greeks | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Roman Warfare | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Publication Order of Essential Histories Books
The Hundred Years’ War: 1337–1453 | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The French Revolutionary Wars | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Korean War: 1950–53 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Vietnam War 1956–1975 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
War in Japan 1467–1615 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Caesar's Civil War | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Franco-Prussian War: 1870–71 | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Ottoman Empire 1326–1699 | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Collapse of Yugoslavia: 1991–99 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Russian Civil War 1918–22 | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632–750 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Northern Ireland Troubles: Operation Banner 1969–2007 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Northern Ireland Troubles: 1969–2007 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Jacobite Rebellion: 1745–46 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Soviet-Afghan War 1979-89 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Second War of Italian Unification 1859–61 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Rise of Imperial Rome AD 14–193 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Wars of Spanish American Independence 1809–29 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The War of the Roses: 1455-1485 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
Russia’s Wars in Chechnya 1994–2009 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Hundred Years War: 1337–1453 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The American Revolution: 1774–83 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
The Soviet–Afghan War: 1979–89 | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon | ||
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Adrian Goldsworthy
Adrian Goldsworthy is an English author of history and historical fiction highlighting the lives of notable men and women in history. He’s the author of numerous bestselling books including biographies of Augustus and Julius Caesar. Goldsworthy comes with a background in Ancient and Modern history as well as a doctorate in ancient military history. He has previously taught military history in various institutions, but writes full-time.
Caesar: Life of a Colossus
Caesar documents the rise and fall of Caesar one of the greatest Roman emperors. Besides from covering the man’s achievement, Goldsworthy also includes the details about him as a captive in the hands of pirates, seducer of his political rival’s wives, and as an acting high priest in a cult.
Goldsworthy paints a picture of a man with a complex character while highlighting some of the reasons why Caesar’s military and political leadership still with us resonates two centuries later. What are some of the challenges that Caesar had to overcome to rise to power? How about his wife and children? Get answers to these and more questions in this intriguing memoir.
The biography starts with a highlight of the many hats Caesar wore in the course of his life. From a fugitive to a rising politician, the author covers it all. Even the period when Caesar was considered an enemy to the State is highlighted here. All these occurrences are not just mentioned in passing. The author details them so well reading them will transport you to the past, thousands of years ago. Intriguingly, a man who had such an eventful life could leave such a notable mark in history.
Caesar tells the story of a man who had immense charm, a gift of practical intelligence, and a genius where the military command is concerned. Even though Cesar’s story has been told over and over countless times, the author does an excellent job of adding precise details about his youth and early life. Goldsworthy also brings to life the Gallic campaigns and the colliding personalities whose actions triggered the Civil War. The prose is gripping, and some scenes like the maneuvering between Caesar and Pompey will leave you breathless. Goldsworthy also highlights the bizarre occurrences during the Alexandrian war that read more like fiction.
It is important to note that the author gives an unbiased account of Caesar’s life. By presenting the facts, the author allows the reader to make their conclusions about the controversies surrounding Caesar’s life. This is not to mean that the novel reads like a boring history book, far from it. You can expect to sympathize with this great legend, and at times with that, he had made better choices. The story also touches on other people who interacted with Caesar throughout his life. From his stepson to the enemies he worked hard to defeat, you will read all about them here.
Caesar is a fun read that documents the life of this Roman emperor. The book is slightly over 500 words and comes in the form of text and black and white maps and photographs. If you have any interest in the life of Caesar, you are going to love this book. The narration is flawless, and the details are accurate and simple to understand. While this is not a book to gobble up in a single sitting, the writing is excellent, and the story is quite interesting.
The Punic Wars
The Punic Wars delivers a detailed account of one of the most significant conflicts in history. A lot has been written about this war, and Goldsworthy brings a new perspective on this notable period in history. The book concentrates on all the Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome. It is these wars that led to the dominance of the Roman empire. The military buffs are quite captivating, and so are the characters highlighted here. So, how did the wars start? What factors triggered them?
Goldsworthy writes like an academician but uses a simple enough language for the layman to understand. The story is strong on military techniques and history while also highlighting a few details about the key people involved in these wars. Some of these people include Fabius Maximus, Hannibal, and Scipio Aemilianus. Goldsworthy analyses the Carthage and Roman cultures and their differences. The author gives a well-documented account of the Roman political system as well as the army. The author explains in detail the factors that led to the three wars and the key highlights in each. By the end of the book, it will be easy to see how Rome triumphed over its political enemies.
Aside from just putting together historical facts, Goldsworthy also airs his views about different historical occurrences. For example, the author refutes the idea that Roman politics were broken down into parties. Unlike the current politics that are made of various political parties, client groups and the extended family mattered then. Elections were held more frequently, and they were decided based on a family’s past deeds and prestige. This was because the people believed that the younger generation could be depended on to uphold the past deeds in their family lineage. All the military leaders in Rome were loyal, but this could not be said of Carthage. Even with no political power, the poor supported the State and were happy to go whenever the need arose.
The Punic Wars is perfect if you are interested in learning about these conflicts and the rise of the Roman empire. The book is detailed without being boring, and it is clear that the author took the time to do his research. Goldsworthy is a great narrator, and the audio version of this book will literally transport you back over two thousand years. Do you want to get a fresh perspective on the Punic wars? Are you interested in more details that you will find in an ordinary history book? If your answer is yes, you can be sure that you are going to love this book. The author is quite knowledgeable about these and other historical periods, and it helps that he uses a language that is easy for everyone to understand.
June 2023.
I have read your six books of the Napoleonic war series. Classic stories. Like a previous correspondent,Sheldon I to would like to read the finish to the series. I’m pushing on to 92 so my waiting time is shortening.
Norman
Greetings and welcome to 2023. You may not remember me, but we corresponded about the Napoleonic series several years ago. Is there any chance that you will return to it can finish off the wars?
Thanks
Shell