Spring 2015 - New Titles from Amber Books

New Spring 2015 Military Titlesfrom Amber BooksWhat roles did female gladiators play in the ancient games?

What links the Wars of the Roses to Game of Thrones? And

what would Europe have looked like if Nazi Germany had

been victorious in World War II?

The Wars of the Roses by Martin J. Dougherty, 224pp hbPlots, rebellions, insanity, murder, battles and the mysterious disappearance of the ‘Princes in the Tower’, it’s no surprise that George R.R. Martin cited the Wars of the Roses as the inspiration behind Game of Thrones. Fully illustrated, The Wars of the Roses reveals the skullduggery behind the struggle to gain power in 15th century England – and then hold on to it.

Germany's Secret Masterplan by Chris McNab, 224pp hb What would Europe have looked like if Nazi Germany had been victorious in World War II? From slave labour in the Soviet Union to the rebuilding of Berlin as Germania to war, race and culture, Germany’s Secret Masterplan reveals the true scale of Hitler’s vision for a world dominated by Nazi ideology.

Gladiator by Ben Hubbard, 176pp hb For more than 600 years people flocked to Roman arenas to watch warriors participate in a spectacle that was part sport, part theatre and part murder. From Spartacus’s slave revolt to Emperor Commodius who liked to play at being a gladiator to games involving hundreds of exotic animals, Gladiator is a colourful, accessible study of ancient Rome’s warrior entertainers.

SS: Hitler's Foreign Divisions by Chris Bishop, 192pp pbThe divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitler’s armies in World War II, but the most fanatical of them were not even German. SS: Hitler’s Foreign Divisions is an in-depth examination of the approximately 350,000 foreign volunteers from German-occupied countries. Norwegians, Dutch, Danes, Belgians, Swedes, Swiss, Ukrainians and other nationalities, often motivated by an extreme anti-Communist zeal, fought hard on the Eastern Front for the Nazi cause, even when their position was hopeless.

The Waffen-SS Divisional Histories series, various authors, five volumes, 192pp pbNow available again in a paperback edition, Amber’s six classic titles on Waffen-SS divisions are expertly written books on the recruitment, structure, combat record and key figures of Hitler’s most devoted and brutal warrior elites. From foreign divisions to the Hitler Youth, each book is packed with data and is illustrated with rare black-and-white photographs.

Further information about these titles and much more can be found on our website: www.amberbooks.co.uk

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