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Pre-ordering books in North America

Posted by Ed on June 26, 2009

Osprey have now made it possible for our North American customers to Pre-order Osprey titles 3 months ahead of the publication date.

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Books back in stock this month!

Posted by Mike on January 19, 2009

As I promised here, every month we are going to announce what books have been re-printed and have been brought back into print and are once again available to buy online. The Production team here have been working their socks off to get a very sizeable chuck of our books back in stock - 40 titles this month - and nearly 80 titles due in for next month!

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Predictions for 2009

Posted by Richard on January 08, 2009

No not another piece about economic catastrophe and economic chaos but a look ahead to some of the Osprey titles coming out in 2009 and some wild guessing as to which might be the most popular.

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The Greatest Military quotes?

Posted by Phil on July 07, 2008

Recently, with one of my typical flights of fancy, I started to ponder on some of the military sayings and quotes that have achieved fame throughout history. My personal favourites are: "The sun will never set on the British Empire – God does not trust the English in the dark" – Anon

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The Osprey Blog Birthday Competition

Posted by Mike on June 19, 2008

To celebrate the fact that the Osprey Blog is now a year old, we are running The Osprey Blog Birthday Competition where one lucky reader can win a book from every month that the Blog has been running...

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"King of England this day I shall die"

Posted by William on April 23, 2008

The BBC aired a short documentary on the Battle of Bosworth the other day. Advance publicity promised revelations about the true location of the battle with the implication that the fine visitor centre was therefore wrongly positioned on Ambion Hill. However, this is very widely accepted as the site of Richard III’s camp and of his initial position, attacked or at least advanced upon by Henry Tudor...

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Has the Amber Room been found?

Posted by John on February 21, 2008

heard a report on National Public Radio this morning that among the belongings of a recently deceased man in the Czech Republic was found a map that may lead treasure hunters to find the priceless Amber Room...

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What subjects have we missed?

Posted by Richard on February 20, 2008

We recently had a hit-list meeting here at Osprey where Editorial, Marketing, Sales and anyone who knows anything about anything sit down and talk through future titles. We take a look at submissions from Authors both old and new, ideas from all our Editors, feedback from shows and bookshops, the results of the monthly poll and then we sit down and start bickering (amicably)...

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Teaching Military History

Posted by William on February 01, 2008

Back in July Richard set off a lively discussion about the place, desirable and actual, of military history in education with his post "When did military history go out of fashion?" In the course of this discussion I mentioned that we had invited a distinguished military historian to write a short article making the case for military history...

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Q & A: David Nicolle

Posted by Mike on January 11, 2008

Born in 1944, David Nicolle worked in the BBC’s Arabic service for a number of years before gaining an MA from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and a doctorate from Edinburgh University. He has written numerous books and articles on medieval and Islamic warfare, and has been a prolific author of Osprey titles for many years...

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