An anthology of firsthand accounts from the age of Nelson. The
voices of the officers and seamen who fought and lived at sea
during the French Revolutionary War (1793-1802), the Napoleonic
War (1803-1815) and the War of 1812 (1812-1815). Here are the true
life stories that inspired the writings of great historic writers
such as C.S. Forester, Patrick O'Brian and C. Northcote-Parkinson
ALEX: THE LIFE OF FIELD MARSHAL
EARL ALEXANDER OF TUNIS
by Nigel Nicolson
Alexander was an oustanding Guards officer in WWI. Thereafter
he commanded a brigade of German Balts to assist the liberation of
Latvia, led a successful campaign on the North West Frontier in
1935, and in WWII he commanded the Dunkirk perimeter. He conducted
the retreat from Burma and became C-in-C Middle East, C-in-C 15th
Army Group, and Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean. Alexander
received the German surrender in Italy on 29 April, 1945.
Good in
chipped d/w - xiv + 346pp,
23 illustrations, 11 maps, index
Where previous works have concentrated on the religious and
feminist aspects of Joan's career, this is the first to address
the vital issue of what it was that made her the heroine she
became. Why did the soldiers of France follow a woman into battle
when no troops of the Hundred Years War had done so before, and
how was she able to win? The English called her a whore, and
believed her to be possessed, but her own troops trusted her
without any proof of her abilities.
New in d/w - 242pp, 16 colour plates
& numerous b/ w illustrations
Lewin was one of Britain's most distinguished military
historians. Written shortly before his death, this is his account
of Hitler's shortcomings as a political leader, as a military
commander and as a man. An examination of what made the dictator
tick, the in-built inefficiency of the system he implemented and
his treatment of the Church and the Jews. He also looks at
Hitler's place as a military commander.
