Author: Kathleen ShervintonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : El Salvador
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Shervintons
Author: Kathleen ShervintonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : El Salvador
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author: Bulletin
Author: Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore CityPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
The Bookseller
Author: The English Catalogue of Books
Author: Sampson LowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
The Speaker
Author: Zulu
Author: W B BartlettPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752462601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
The Zulu War grabs attention in a way that no other of Queen Victoria's "Little Wars" does. It is a story rich in the extremes of human experience: gallantry, cowardice, savagery, hubris, and sheer, stark terror amongst others. The way the campaign unfolded was a consequence of the actions of Britain's commander in the field, Lord Chelmsford, who thought that the outcome would be a foregone conclusion, but then found himself faced with one of the most shocking disasters in British military history. This book looks at events through Chelmsford's eyes, examining contemporary correspondence to tell the tale. Forced to cope with the catastrophe of Isandlwana, only slightly offset by the heroic defense of Rorke's Drift, he then had to win the war as quickly as possible, before the man who had been chosen to replace him arrived in South Africa. Full of drama, this is the story of Lord Chelmsford's war, one of the most turbulent campaigns ever fought in Africa.
The Literary World
Author: The Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1588
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
The Devil's Paw
Author: E. Phillips OppenheimPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Furley, broad-shouldered, florid, with tanned skin and grizzled hair, was still wearing the high sea boots and jersey of the duck shooter. His companion, on the other hand, a tall, slim man, with high forehead, clear eyes, stubborn jaw, and straight yet sensitive mouth, wore the ordinary dinner clothes of civilisation. The contrast between the two men might indeed have afforded some ground for speculation as to the nature of their intimacy. Furley, a son of the people, had the air of cultivating, even clinging to a certain plebeian strain, never so apparent as when he spoke, or in his gestures. He was a Member of Parliament for a Labour constituency, a shrewd and valuable exponent of the gospel of the working man. What he lacked in the higher qualities of oratory he made up in sturdy common sense. The will-o'-the-wisp Socialism of the moment, with its many attendant "isms" and theories, received scant favour at his hands. He represented the solid element in British Labour politics, and it was well known that he had refused a seat in the Cabinet in order to preserve an absolute independence. He had a remarkable gift of taciturnity, which in a man of his class made for strength, and it was concerning him that the Prime Minister had made his famous epigram, that Furley was the Labour man whom he feared the most and dreaded the least.