Books by John D Grainger

In this first volume of his trilogy on the Ptolemies, John Grainger explains how Ptolemy I established the dynasty's power in Egypt in the wake of Alexander the Great's death.

Tells the history of this pivotal region, the doorway between Europe and Asia.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the earliest times to the present.

A survey of the activities of the British navy in the Caribbean from the voyages of sixteenth century English adventurers such as John Hawkins and Francis Drake through the great wars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries against the Dutch, Spanish and French and Britain's declining role thereafter.

An important but neglected aspect of classical warfare. Covers technological, strategic and tactical developments from Alexander to the battle of Actium.

The only book available in English devoted to this subject. Narrates momentous yet neglected events: in 279 the Celtic Galatians invaded, defeated and beheaded the Macedonian king, Ptolemy Keraunos 'the Lightning Bolt') and overran much of Greece.

2nd Part in groundbreaking three-part history of Seleukid Empire. Narrates the heyday of the Seleukid empire, then the largest state in the world, and beginning of their decline.

Survey of the neglected naval campaign of the Crimean War highlights its impact on international relations with China and Japan as well as Russia.

An accessible and authoritative account of the battle of Yorktown (1781), the last major battle in the American War of Independence, where an outnumbered British Army surrendered to American forces under George Washington and their French allies.

A very substantial, comprehensive dictionary containing entries on all the battles fought at sea by British fleets and ships since Anglo-Saxon times.

Analyses the Roman imperial succession and the failure to come up with an enduring, consistent system for selecting the next emperor.

A comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Mediterranean from the earliest times until the present.

A study of the hardening of British public opinion against Bonaparte and an examination of the events that caused it.

The story of Allied victory in the Holy Land, far from the carnage of the Western Front but a crucial, morale-boosting success under the aggressive and forward-thinking General Allenby.

A comprehensive overview of the activities of the British navy in the Baltic Sea from the earliest times until the twentieth century.

The story of Allied victory in the Holy Land, far from the carnage of the Western Front but a crucial, morale-boosting success under the aggressive and forward-thinking General Allenby.