"e;Shortly after the outbreak of War-after the first contingent had been mobilised, and while they were undergoing training-it became evident that it would be necessary to raise another force to proceed on the heels of the first.
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"e;The letters that follow are those of a young painter who was at the front from September [1914] till the beginning of April [1915]; at the latter date he was missing in one of the battles of the Argonne.
"e;During one of the short periods of training in 1917, it was suggested that lectures should be delivered to the troops on the history of their battalions in France.
First published in 1965 and based on the author's own experience as an officer in the British Intelligence and packed with the most closely observed detail of the people, places and costumes of the Levant, The Mule on the Minaret is a long, colourful, fascinating story of wartime intelligence centred on Beirut and Baghdad.
A THRILLING WORLD WAR I NOVEL FROM GLOBAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times 'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times'With action on every page, battle, murder and sudden death, Shout at the Devil is not for quiet evening enjoyment by peace-loving readers.
BOOK 7 IN THE EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH 'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun 'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page' - Independent'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily MirrorHUNTERS.
Between the wars, the lives of four neighboring English families intersect in this "e;highly recommended"e; saga by a New York Times-bestselling author (Sunday Express).
Stories of adventures and derring-do featuring the man who is "e;after Holmes and Watson, Arthur Conan Doyle's most successful literary creation"e; (Julian Symons, Edgar Award-winning British crime writer).
Longtemps administrateur général de la Bibliothèque nationale, membre de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts, Julien Cain (1887-1974) fut aussi président de la commission française de l'UNESCO.
Ce roman replace dans leur contexte une longue série de lettres d'un poilu à sa famille, témoignage des réflexions d'un jeune homme de 20 ans au Chemin des Dames et dans les hôpitaux qui servaient d'exutoire aux cas les moins défavorables.
The French Revolution (French: Revolution francaise) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire.
C'est l'histoire d'hommes qui au milieu des bombes, des mourants et des blessés, des tranchées, dans des hôpitaux de fortune ou de grands centres de soins, se sont dévoués corps et âmes pour aider les soldats français ravagés par cette guerre.
L'adjudant Raymond Escholier (1882-1971) dresse le portrait de Mahmadou Fofana, tirailleur sénégalais qui l'a accompagné au front d'Orient pendant la première guerre mondiale.
"Strafsoldaten sind zum Sterben da", das ahnt auch Helmut Kalmeder, der wegen seiner Begeisterung für kommunistische Ideen bereits seit vier Jahren im KZ in Dachau ist.