Featured battle : Piave River [Ponte della Priula]

Part of The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Date : 07 May 1809 - 08 May 1809

Prince Eugène with the French Army of Italy engaged less than half his number of Austrians. The Austrians were pulling back all along the Italian front intending to hold the line of the Isonzo river. In this engagement they were caught at the Piave river crossing.

British Aircraft Carriers

David Hobbs
A wealth of knowledge presented in a most readable form for everyone from the novice to the initiated. Encyclopedic in scope it may be dipped into at any point but I found in reading cover to cover the fascinating story went from airships to future carriers. All aspects, design, development and service are dealt with. There are very many photographs, lots from the author's own collection, plus drawings and plans. An unusual but welcome feature are the fold out copies of Admiralty drawings which are in the middle of the book.
At £45 this is not a cheap book, but a Rolls Royce is not a cheap car, and this is a Rolls Royce of a book.
Seaforth Publishing. Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2013