Books - Royal Armouries Publications

The Royal Armouries produces facsimiles, illustrated guides, research materials, gift books and guidebooks. Our aim is to tell the compelling story of arms and armour through the ages – technology, material culture, decorative art, history, ownership and more.

All publications are sold to support the work of the Royal Armouries. Your purchase directly supports the museum, helping to care for the national collection and keeping it free for future generations to enjoy.

The Medieval Art of Swordsmanship: Royal Armouries MS I.33

Arms and Armour of Late Medieval Europe

Arms and Armour of the Medieval Joust

The Armour and Arms of Henry VIII by Thom Richardson

Japanese Arms and Armour

Arms and Armour of the English Civil Wars

Islamic Arms and Armour

Arms and Armour of the Renaissance Joust

Arms and Armour of the First World War

Royal Armouries Museum Souvenir Guide — Leeds

Treasures of the Royal Armouries

1066 in Perspective

The Art of Prowling

Chinese arms and armour

The Tower Armoury in the Fourteenth Century by Thom Richardson

Defence of Houses

Indian Arms and Armour

House to House Fighting

The School of Fencing: A Facsimile of Domenico Angelo’s 1765 Edition

British Ordnance Muskets 1830's & 1840's George Lovells Legacy

Leather in Warfare: Attack, Defence and the Unexpected

Tudor Power & Glory: Henry VIII and the Field of Cloth and Gold

Littlecote: The English Civil War Armoury

Torture and Punishment at the Tower of London

Stumbling Towards Victory: The Final Year of the Great War

Fort Nelson guidebook

Fighting to Kill: The British Infantry Section in the Second World War

Saving Lives: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Campaign for Body Armour, 1914–18

Fire Control

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the Era of Assassination

Road Blocks

Defence of Villages and Small Towns

Only Water Between: A Family Story from the Great War

Sten Flip Book

Vickers Flip Book

Stirling Flip Book

Gunpowder Technology in the Fifteenth Century: A Study, Edition and Translation of the Firework Book

Medieval Tournament as Spectacle: Tourneys, Jousts and Pas d'Armes, 1100-1600 (Royal Armouries Research Series)

Luger Flip Book

Fencing Flip Book

The Cavalry Lance (Weapon Book 59)

Foot Combat Flip Book

The Thun-Hohenstein Album: Cultures of Remembrance in a Paper Armory: 12 (Armour and Weapons)