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Welcome to Legacy Books Press

Legacy Books Press is a publisher based in Kingston, Ontario, specializing in non-fiction about history and Classics.  We are dedicated to exploring those interesting corners of history, both modern history and ancient history, that tend to be overlooked, but still shaped the world as we know it today.

We are currently looking for academic and mainstream non-fiction books about all time periods of modern and ancient history.  Please see our submission guidelines for details.

News

(June 1, 2009) The Great War as I Saw It is now available from Amazon.ca.

(May 19, 2009) The Great War as I Saw It is now available from Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.

(April 27, 2009) Legacy Books Press is pleased to announce the next title in the Legacy Books Press Classics line will be The Great War as I Saw It, by Canon Frederick George Scott, with a new introduction by upcoming historian Aaron Miedema.  A witness to the whole of the involvement of the Canadian Corp in World War I, Canon Scott's passionate and at times heartbreaking account is a must-have for any World War I library.  The Great War as I Saw It will be published in the latter half of May, 2009.

(April 27, 2009) Legacy Books Press is pleased to announce that it has signed Kjeld Galster of the Royal Danish Defence College to write The Face of the Foe.  The Face of the Foe is both a historical and insider's look at how military intelligence is used once it is gathered, and the impact it can have on the battlefield.  The Face of the Foe will be published in mid-2010.

(January 1, 2009) The Art of War: Restored Edition is now available from from Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com in Canada, Great Britain, France, Germany, and Japan.

(December 30, 2008) The Art of War: Restored Edition is now available from Amazon.com.

(December 20, 2008) Legacy Books Press is pleased to announce the launch of the Legacy Books Press Classics book line.  The inaugural title, The Art of War: Restored Edition, by Baron Antoine Henri de Jomini, will be in full production by Tuesday, December 23.

(December 2, 2008) The Secret History of Star Wars is now available for sale in Kingston, Ontario, at Indigo Books and Music, Novel Idea, and the Queen's University Campus Bookstore.

(November 26, 2008) The Secret History of Star Wars is now available from Barnes & Noble; on Amazon in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and Japan; and your local bookstore.

(November 22, 2008) The Secret History of Star Wars is now available for sale online at Barnes & Noble and Amazon, as well as for order at your local bookstore.

(November 22, 2008) Legacy Books Press is proud to announce its upcoming book line, Legacy Books Press Classics.  A series of reprints of older, important, and sometimes even forgotten books, Legacy Books Press Classics will be launching in January/February 2009 with the Baron de Jomini's The Art of War: Restored Edition.  More information coming soon.

(July 21, 2008) Legacy Books Press is pleased to announce that it will publish The Secret History of Star Wars, by Michael Kaminski.  Star Wars is one of the most important cultural phenomena in the world today, and Kaminski has spent years researching how the story and mythology developed, pouring over original scripts and interviews.  The Secret History of Star Wars will be coming out at the end of 2008.

(July 17, 2008) The Bryn Mawr Classical Review has published a very positive review of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Agora.  Read it here.

(May 28, 2008) The Classical Journal has posted an online review of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Agora.  Read it here.

(March 27, 2008) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Agora has been featured on page 4 of the Queen's Gazette.  The article features photographs of R. Drew Griffith, the primary author, and Laura E. Ludtke, the illustrator.  The issue can be downloaded or viewed here.

(December 27, 2007) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Agora is now available from Amazon in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, and Japan.