Written to mark the centenary of the outbreak of WWI, this short story by multi-award-winning, million copy bestselling author Andrea Levy tells the tale of two Jamaican service men in that conflict.
Friedrich "e;Fritz"e; Kreisler was an Austrian-American violinist and composer of great renown, often regarded as one of the finest violinists of all time.
Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack - 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photosMajor-General Sir Charles Edward Callwell KCB was an Anglo-Irish officer of the British Army, who served in the artillery, as an intelligence officer, and as a staff officer and commander during the Second Boer War.
'Kristin Harmel is firmly in the top echelon of WW2 storytellers' HEATHER MORRIS'A master storyteller' SANTA MONTEFIORE'The best at sweeping historical drama' KELLY HARMS'A dazzling diamond of a novel' HAZEL GAYNOR***Paris, 1942: In the midst of the Nazi Occupation, Annabel Marceau begins stealing from Germans and funnelling money to the French Resistance.
Quentin Roosevelt was the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt, a man greatly admired by his colleagues, popular with his fellow World War One fliers, possessed with great ability, flair and intellectual ability.
ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES' '25 BEST NOVELS OF THE 21ST CENTURY'Winner of the 2016 Costa Book of the YearWinner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017Winner of the Independent Bookshop Week Book Award 2017Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017'Pitch perfect, the outstanding novel of the Year.
Illustrated with 6 portraitsEven before the official entry of the United States of America into the First World War in April 1917, many of its citizens had already crossed over "e;The Pond"e; and already had lent their efforts to the Allied cause.
The 22nd French Dragoons have a long and glorious history on the field of battle since 1630 to the Napoleonic battlefield of Austerlitz, Eylau, Jena it was called again to duty in the First World War, one of its members trooper Christian Mellet recorded his experiences in and out of the saddle.
New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn takes readers into Africa during the height of British colonialism, to meet a man as wild as the land he loves in this prequel novella.
The role of an army chaplain in war is an exceptionally difficult job and particularly in the hellish lunar landscape of the trenches of the First World War.
Field-Marshal Haig commanded the British Empire forces through from 1915 to 1919; his period in charge of the men under his command has been the subject of much debate ever since the First World War ended.
Bierce was considered a master of pure English by his contemporaries, and virtually everything that came from his pen was notable for its judicious wording and economy of style.
This paper reviews the background, strategy, and tactics of Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Commander of the British Expeditionary Force in World War I.
On the opening day of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I, the newly-created United States 79th Division was templated to advance nine kilometers through German-controlled terrain.
Leo Tolstoi: Krieg und Frieden | Neu editierte 2021er Ausgabe, mit erläuternden Fußnoten | Mit 14 Illustrationen und einem Übersichtsschema der wichtigsten handelnden Familien und Personen | Krieg und Frieden: So umfassend der Titel ist, so umfassend ist der Roman selbst.
Captain Dugmore stands as a rather strange figure even in the mass of personalities that fought in the Great War: an artist of some standing, a writer, and traveller.
Steven Pressfield, author of the Sunday Times bestseller Gates of Fire, brings us an intimate and revealing portrayal of Alexander the Great: legendary hero and leader of men.
The original US edition of the masterpiece of war literature depicting the plight of German soldiers during World War I-now an Oscar-nominated Netflix filmFrom the perspective of Paul Baumer, a young German soldier in World War I, comes an unsettling tale of the mundanity and misery of trench warfare on the Western Front.
After Donald Hankey returned home from a posting with the Royal Garrison Artillery in Mauritius, following a serious bout of illness, it seemed as though he was destined for a career in the Church.
Includes The Americans in the First World War Illustration Pack - 57 photos/illustrations and 10 mapsThe 91st Infantry Division was a National Army Division created prior to World War I.
Includes The Americans in the First World War Illustration Pack - 57 photos/illustrations and 10 maps "e;THE narrative of adventure, travel, combat, and escape, which composes this volume, is the straight-forward work of a straight-thinking young American.
Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack - 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photos"e;A bikers war-compellingly recounted"e;The highly dangerous task of the aide-de-camp was often to carry urgent despatches with essential calls to action across the field of battle.
