Author: Thomas Pakenham
Publisher: Random House Incorporated
ISBN: 9780679430476
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Uses first-hand accounts to reconstruct Britain's last great imperial war which proved to be one of the costliest, deadliest, and most humiliating wars in British history
The Boer War
Author: Thomas Pakenham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781841880143
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Originally published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson in 1979, an illustrated narrative of the Boer War, written by the author of SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781841880143
Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Originally published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson in 1979, an illustrated narrative of the Boer War, written by the author of SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA.
Seaby's Coin and Medal Bulletin
Australian Women and War
Author: Melanie Oppenheimer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877007286
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Sourced from Oppenheimer's own research and archival material from the Australian War Memorial, Australian Red Cross archives and State Libraries, Australian Women and War contains accounts of women such as Nursing Sister Nellie Gould in the Boer War and Angela Rhodes, the first Australian Military female air traffic controller to serve in Baghdad during the second Gulf War. The book also contains little known accounts of women such as Nurse Ethel Gillingham, one of the only Australian women to be a POW in WWI, and the group of Australian teachers sent to South Africa during the Boer War to work in the internment (concentration) camps.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877007286
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Sourced from Oppenheimer's own research and archival material from the Australian War Memorial, Australian Red Cross archives and State Libraries, Australian Women and War contains accounts of women such as Nursing Sister Nellie Gould in the Boer War and Angela Rhodes, the first Australian Military female air traffic controller to serve in Baghdad during the second Gulf War. The book also contains little known accounts of women such as Nurse Ethel Gillingham, one of the only Australian women to be a POW in WWI, and the group of Australian teachers sent to South Africa during the Boer War to work in the internment (concentration) camps.
Congressional Record
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1356
Book Description
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1356
Book Description
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
How I Won the Victoria Cross
Author: Thomas Henry Kavanagh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Delhi (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Delhi (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Numismatic Circular List of Coins, Medals, War Medals, Books, Etc. Offered for Sale
War Medals and Their History
Author: William Augustus Steward
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military decorations
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military decorations
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Victoria Cross Heroes
Author: Michael Ashcroft
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 0755364503
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This ebook edition contains the full text version as per the book. Doesn't include original photographic and illustrated material. VICTORIA CROSS HEROES tells the stories of over 150 individuals whose bravery has earned them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prestigious medal for courage in action. The book is introduced by Michael Ashcroft, who owns over ten per cent of all VCs ever awarded. He explains the history of the medal and the story of his fascination with it. The main text of the book tells the stories of both those recipients whose medals are in his collection and those whose stories featured in the television series. Each chapter covers a different conflict, from the Crimean War to Iraq.
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 0755364503
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
This ebook edition contains the full text version as per the book. Doesn't include original photographic and illustrated material. VICTORIA CROSS HEROES tells the stories of over 150 individuals whose bravery has earned them the Victoria Cross, Britain's most prestigious medal for courage in action. The book is introduced by Michael Ashcroft, who owns over ten per cent of all VCs ever awarded. He explains the history of the medal and the story of his fascination with it. The main text of the book tells the stories of both those recipients whose medals are in his collection and those whose stories featured in the television series. Each chapter covers a different conflict, from the Crimean War to Iraq.
Spink Numismatic Circular
Who's who
Author: Henry Robert Addison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 3272
Book Description
An annual biographical dictionary, with which is incorporated "Men and women of the time."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 3272
Book Description
An annual biographical dictionary, with which is incorporated "Men and women of the time."