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ⓘ About Adrian Goldsworthy
Goldsworthy paints a picture of a man with a complex character while highlighting some of the reasons why Caesar’s military and political leadership still with us resonates two centuries later. What are some of the challenges that Caesar had to overcome to rise to power? How about his wife and children? Get answers to these and more questions in this intriguing memoir. The biography starts with a highlight of the many hats Caesar wore in the course of his life. From a fugitive to a rising politician, the author covers it all. Even the period when Caesar was considered an enemy to the State is highlighted here. All these occurrences are not just mentioned in passing. The author details them so well reading them will transport you to the past, thousands of years ago.
All Book Series by Adrian Goldsworthy
Otto Skorzeny
Series opener · book 1 of 112 · published 1950 Anthology · Stuart Smith
The Forgotten Dead
Book 2 of 112 · published 1988 Anthology · Mark Rogerson,Ken Small
Joshua L. Chamberlain
Book 4 of 112 · published 1999 Anthology · Thomas A. Desjardin
Struggle for a Vast Future
Book 8 of 112 · published 2006 Anthology · Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Rolling Thunder In A Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited
Book 9 of 112 · published 2006 Anthology · Andrew Wiest
An Officer's Manual of the Western Front
Book 11 of 112 · published 2008 Anthology · Stephen Bull
The English Civil Wars, 1640-1660
Book 15 of 112 · published 2009 Anthology · Blair Worden
No Greater Ally
Book 16 of 112 · published 2009 Anthology · Kenneth K. Koskodan
Armies of the Napoleonic Wars
Book 17 of 112 · published 2009 Anthology · Chris McNab
The Road to Victory
Book 20 of 112 · published 2011 Anthology · Dale A. Dye,Robert J.O'Neill
The Spitfire Pocket Manual
Book 21 of 112 · published 2011 Anthology · Martin Robson
Silent Killers
Book 22 of 112 · published 2011 Anthology · Clive Cussler,James P. Delgado
Quick Training for War
Book 24 of 112 · published 2011 Anthology · Robert Baden-Powell,Martin Robson
Panther
Book 25 of 112 · published 2012 Anthology · Michael; Green Gladys Green
The Commando Pocket Manual
Book 28 of 112 · published 2012 Anthology · Christopher Westhorp
American Tanks & AFVs of World War II
Book 31 of 112 · published 2014 Anthology · Michael Green
The SAS Pocket Manual
Book 34 of 112 · published 2014 Anthology · Christopher Westhorp
The History of the Panzerwaffe
Book 37 of 112 · published 2015 Anthology · ThomasAnderson
We March Against England
Book 43 of 112 · published 2016 Anthology · Robert Forczyk
Instrument of War
Book 44 of 112 · published 2016 Anthology · Dennis E. Showalter
The Long Range Desert Group in World War II
Book 47 of 112 · published 2017 Anthology · Gavin Mortimer
Bloodstained Sands
Book 49 of 112 · published 2017 Anthology · Michael G. Walling
Soviet T-10 Heavy Tank and Variants
Book 50 of 112 · published 2017 Anthology · James Kinnear
Shadow over the Atlantic
Book 51 of 112 · published 2017 Anthology · Jim Laurier,Robert Forsyth
Shot Down and in the Drink
Book 52 of 112 · published 2017 Anthology · Graham Pitchfork
The Second World Wars
Book 55 of 112 · published 2017 Anthology · Victor Davis Hanson
Concorde Pocket Manual
Book 56 of 112 · published 2017 Anthology · Richard Johnstone-Bryden
Pacific Thunder
Book 57 of 112 · published 2017 Anthology · Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
The Mosquito Pocket Manual
Book 60 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · Martin Robson
Morning Star, Midnight Sun
Book 61 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · Jeffrey R. Cox
Cutty Sark Pocket Manual
Book 62 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · Arron Hewett,Louise MacFarlane
The British Home Guard Pocketbook
Book 63 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · A.F.U. Green
HMS Belfast Pocket Manual
Book 66 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · John Blake
The German Soldier's Pocket Manual
Book 67 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · Stephen Bull
Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat
Book 68 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · Martin Robson
Valley Of The Shadow
Book 69 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · Kevin M. Boylan,Luc Olivier
Forts
Book 71 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · Jeremy Black,National Archives
The Third Reich is Listening
Book 72 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · Christian Jennings
Charlie Company Journeys Home
Book 73 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · Andrew Wiest
Run to the Sound of the Guns
Book 74 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · Nicholas Moore,Mir Bahmanyar
Soviet T-54 Main Battle Tank
Book 75 of 112 · published 2018 Anthology · James Kinnear,Andrey Aksenov
The Great Bear at War
Book 77 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · Chris McNab,Mark Galeotti
How to Survive in the Georgian Navy
Book 79 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · National Archives
An Englishman Abroad
Book 80 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · Gianluca Barneschi
Holding the Line
Book 84 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
World War II Battle by Battle
Book 85 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · Nikolai Bogdanovic
Doctor for Friend and Foe
Book 86 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · Rick Jolly
Wade McClusky and the Battle of Midway
Book 89 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · David Rigby
German submarine U-1105 'Black Panther'
Book 90 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · Aaron Stephan Hamilton
Soviet T-55 Main Battle Tank
Book 91 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · James Kinnear,Andrey Aksenov
The Hurricane Pocket Manual
Book 92 of 112 · published 2019 Anthology · Martin Robson
Blazing Star, Setting Sun
Book 97 of 112 · published 2020 Anthology · Jeffrey R. Cox
Audacious Missions of World War II
Book 98 of 112 · published 2020 Anthology · National Archives
The Master Shipwright's Secrets
Book 101 of 112 · published 2020 Anthology · Richard Endsor
Lawrence of Arabia on War
Book 102 of 112 · published 2020 Anthology · Rob Johnson
The Devil's Bridge
Book 103 of 112 · published 2020 Anthology · Anthony Tucker-Jones
Rome - City in Terror
Book 104 of 112 · published 2020 Anthology · Victor Failmezger
I Will Run Wild
Book 105 of 112 · published 2020 Anthology · Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
Mutiny on the Spanish Main
Book 107 of 112 · published 2020 Anthology · Angus Konstam
The Churchill Quiz Book
Book 109 of 112 · published 2021 Anthology · Kieran Whitworth
Soviet T-62 Main Battle Tank
Book 111 of 112 · published 2021 Anthology · James Kinnear,Andrey Aksenov
Jutland 1916
Latest in the series · book 112 of 112 · published 2021 Anthology · Innes McCartney
War in the Air 1914-45
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 1999 Anthology · Williamson Murray
The Civil War and the Wars of the Nineteenth Century
Book 2 of 12 · published 1999 Anthology · Brian Holden Reid
Warfare in the Eighteenth Century
Book 3 of 12 · published 1999 Anthology · Jeremy Black
The Second World War in Europe
Book 4 of 12 · published 1999 Anthology · Charles Messenger
The Second World War in the East
Book 5 of 12 · published 2000 Anthology · H.P. Willmott
The Art Of War: War And Military Thought
Book 6 of 12 · published 2000 Anthology · Martin van Creveld
War at Sea in the Age of Sail
Book 7 of 12 · published 2000 Anthology · Andrew D. Lambert
War at Sea in the Ironclad Age
Book 8 of 12 · published 2000 Anthology · Richard Hill
History of Warfare: The Renaissance at War
Book 9 of 12 · published 2001 Anthology · John Keegan,Thomas F. Arnold
Wars of National Liberation
Book 10 of 12 · published 2001 Anthology · Daniel Moran
The Wars Of The Ancient Greeks
Book 11 of 12 · published 2002 Anthology · Victor Davis Hanson
The Hundred Years’ War: 1337–1453
Series opener · book 1 of 24 · published 1992 Anthology · Anne Curry
The French Revolutionary Wars
Book 2 of 24 · published 2001 Anthology · Gregory Fremont-Barnes
The Korean War: 1950–53
Book 3 of 24 · published 2001 Anthology · Carter Malkasian
The Vietnam War 1956–1975
Book 4 of 24 · published 2002 Anthology · Andrew Wiest
War in Japan 1467–1615
Book 5 of 24 · published 2002 Anthology · Stephen Turnbull
The Franco-Prussian War: 1870–71
Book 7 of 24 · published 2003 Anthology · Stephen Badsey
The Ottoman Empire 1326–1699
Book 8 of 24 · published 2003 Anthology · Stephen Turnbull
The Collapse of Yugoslavia: 1991–99
Book 9 of 24 · published 2004 Anthology · Alastair Finlan
The Russian Civil War 1918–22
Book 10 of 24 · published 2008 Anthology · David Bullock
The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632–750
Book 11 of 24 · published 2009 Anthology · David Nicolle
The Northern Ireland Troubles: Operation Banner 1969–2007
Book 12 of 24 · published 2011 Anthology · Aaron Edwards
The Jacobite Rebellion: 1745–46
Book 13 of 24 · published 2011 Anthology · Gregory Fremont-Barnes
The Soviet-Afghan War 1979-89
Book 14 of 24 · published 2012 Anthology · Gregory Fremont-Barnes
The Second War of Italian Unification 1859–61
Book 15 of 24 · published 2012 Anthology · Frederick C. Schneid
The Rise of Imperial Rome AD 14–193
Book 16 of 24 · published 2013 Anthology · Duncan B. Campbell
The Wars of Spanish American Independence 1809–29
Book 17 of 24 · published 2013 Anthology · John Fletcher
The War of the Roses: 1455-1485
Book 18 of 24 · published 2014 Anthology · Michael Hicks
Russia’s Wars in Chechnya 1994–2009
Book 19 of 24 · published 2014 Anthology · Mark Galeotti
The Hundred Years War: 1337–1453
Book 21 of 24 · published 2023 Anthology · Anne Curry
The American Revolution: 1774–83
Book 22 of 24 · published 2023 Anthology · Daniel Marston
Russia’s Wars in Chechnya: 1994–2009
Book 23 of 24 · published 2024 Anthology · Mark Galeotti
The Soviet–Afghan War: 1979–89
Latest in the series · book 24 of 24 · published 2024 Anthology · Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Great Commanders of the Ancient World, 1479BC - 453AD
Single-title series · published 2008
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Adrian Goldsworthy?
Goldsworthy paints a picture of a man with a complex character while highlighting some of the reasons why Caesar's military and political leadership still with us resonates two centuries later. What are some of the challenges that Caesar had to overcome to rise to power? How about his wife and children?
Which Adrian Goldsworthy series should I start with?
The best place to start is the General Military series, the earliest of Adrian Goldsworthy's multi-book series: it opens with Otto Skorzeny (1950) and runs to 112 books across 1950–2021, ending with Jutland 1916 (2021). Adrian Goldsworthy's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Adrian Goldsworthy written?
Adrian Goldsworthy has 179 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1950 and 2026. 160 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the General Military series with 112 books — and 19 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Adrian Goldsworthy's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Adrian Goldsworthy's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are General Military (1950–2021, 112 books), Essential Histories (1992–2024, 24 books) and Smithsonian History of Warfare (1999–2005, 12 books), plus 3 more.
How are Adrian Goldsworthy's books organised into series?
This guide splits Adrian Goldsworthy's 179 books into 6 named series and 19 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: General Military (112 books, 1950–2021); Essential Histories (24 books, 1992–2024); Smithsonian History of Warfare (12 books, 1999–2005); Napoleonic Wars (6 books, 2008–2015); City Of Victory (3 books, 2021–2023), plus 1 further series.