Joseph McAleer uses a variety of sources, from the Mass-Observation Archive to previously confidential publishers' records, to explore the nature of popular fiction and its readers.

This is a carefully researched and illuminating study of siege warfare in the twelfth century.

This is a carefully researched and illuminating study of siege warfare in the twelfth century.

A study of siege warfare in the 12th century, this work explores the role it played in the First Crusade and the establishment of the Crusader States, in Italy, Spain and Portugal, and in the seaborne expeditions of the Italian maritime ...