The plates are the colour illustrations in the books. Artists such as Angus Mcbride, Graham Turner and Wayne Reynolds are my favourites especially Mcbride. Quite a few images of his work has been put up my me in the first few pages of the Osprey Thread.


Other books I would recommend are:


Border Reivers
The Vikings
The Normans
The Buccanners
Pirates
The Mongols
Hungary and the Fall of Eastern Europe

There are so many more i can't put them all down mate, my collection is huge(see osprey thread)