[Ganmain Tony]

You are about to enter a world that you may never return from. There are literally millions of books ( no pun intended ).

One I am in the middle of reading is called the Autobiography of the British Soldier by John Lewis-Stempel. Re-telling actual accounts by soldiers who were there from the battle of Agincourt to Basra.

If youre into the History, using fictional characters, but put into real events. Buy everything by Bernard Cornwall. He has written many books, one of his best series are the Sharpe books which follow Sir Arthur Wellesley (The Duke of Wellington) from his Indian Campaign through Spain, Portugal and then finally to Waterloo. You'll feel like you donned the Scarlet Jacket and then the legendary Green Jacket of the 95th Rifles Regiment and walked across two continents. Not mention enduring the hardships & terrifying battles.

The other series of his I liked was the one on the Danish invasion of England during the reign of Alfred the Great.

Another book is "Warlords" concerning Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin and Hitler its a cracker & will open your eyes as to who orchestrated major events that shaped the next 60 years of how people lived in the world after WW2.

There are just so many - Two Centuries of Warfare is brilliant.

Con Iggulden wrote a great series on Julius Ceaser called 'Emperor'. An Italian Professor by the name of Manfredi wrote some great novels on Alexander the Great. The list goes on............