The life of Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, one of the great commanders of WWII, and last Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army. 'The Auk' was the British general who defeated the Germans at the first Battle of El Alamein. Opinions remain fiercely divided as to whether he was shoddily treated by Churchill, or whether his removal from command of Eighth Army was a turning point. The author also conducted many interviews with those who knew him.

2006, Pen & Sword, , 9781844153848,< J-01>,xii + 288pp, 33 photos, 10 maps, very good in d/w, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 19006-01..............................£8.00

One of the most successful British Generals, Kitchener's adventurous early activities took him to The Sudan and South African Wars. He became C in C India and Secretary of State for War in WWI. A meticulous planner and a commander who fought his battles from the forefront, he took some blame for the tragedy in the Dardanelles. An intimidating enigma, Warner looks at the myths as well as the public man.

1985, Hamish Hamilton, , 0241115876,< J-01>,viii + 247pp, 29 illustrations., Mint. Storage wear only., ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 5528-01..............................£10.00

Henry II was an enigma to contemporaries, and has excited widely divergent judgments ever since. Dramatic incidents of his reign, such as his quarrel with Archbishop Becket and his troubled relations with his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and his sons, have attracted the attention of historical novelists, playwrights, and filmmakers. That he was a great king there can be no doubt, and it is the author's contention that concentration on the great crises of the reign can lead to distortion. This book is therefore a comprehensive reappraisal of the reign based on contemporary sources; it provides a coherent and persuasive revaluation of the man and the king

1983, Methuen, , 0413383903,< J-01>,693pp illustrations map, Card covers, bump top r/h corner. Good., , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 36831-01..............................£9.00

The life of George Smith Patton Jr. In World War I he commanded of the new tank corps and saw action in France. After the war he was an advocate of armored warfare but was reassigned to the cavalry. In World War II he commanded major units of North Africa, Sicily, and the European Theater of Operations. The popular image of "Old Blood and Guts", contrasts with the historians' image of a brilliant military leader whose record was also marred by insubordination and some periods of apparent instability.

1947, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1st edition, ,< J-01>,224pp, portrait, map., black cloth, g (no dw), ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 4619-01..............................£8.00

Wellington from his birth and early years through his military career with it's many highlights including the Peninsular Wars and Waterloo, to his return to England following the disbanding of the army of occupation. Compiled from the letters, speeches and diaries of Wellington and other contemporaries in his social and political circle.

1937, Constable, , ,< J-01>,424pp maps, Poor. d/w stained and torn. boards bent, text clean and unmarked., ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 34523-01..............................£10.00

No.359 of 1000 copies printed. George William Chad was a British diplomat. From 1819 he was Minister to the Netherlands followed by other postings in Europe, and finally to Prussia from 1830 until his retirement in 1832. Honorable but not distinguished, his friendship with the Duke was of many years duration, although the editor notes in the introduction that if the Duke had known that he was making notes of the conversations he would have regarded it as unforgivable.

1956, The Saint Nicolas Press, , ,< J-01>,25pp + index., very good with slight wear on boards, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 34119-01..............................£12.00

Mass market paperback. Pages browning. Good. The story of Wiesenthal's lifelong struggle for justice. It tells of Mengele's trail of faked deaths, the pursuit of Eichmann. the successful identification of war criminals and ex Nazis camouflaged by powerful positions in police and judiciary and the discovery of ODESSA the escape organisation.

1989, Mandarin Press, , 0749302658,< J-01>,434pp illustrations, , , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 38051-01..............................£3.00

Small tear on top r/h corner of d/w. The life of General Lord Robertson, son of the famous Field-Marshal "Wully" Robertson. A gifted staff officer and skilled administrator, he was the logistic genius behind the organisation of supplies during the campaigns in North Africa and in Italy under Alexander during WWII. From 1945-50 he was Military Governor and British High Commissioner in Germany at the time of the Berlin Airlift. Subsequently, as C-in-C Middle East Land Forces he helped negotiate Britain's withdrawal from the Suez Canal Zone.

1996, Brassey's, , 1857531809,< J-01>,265pp, 21 ills, 5 maps, Very good in d/w, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 26136-01..............................£10.00

In 1918 Giles Lytton Strachey, a British writer and critic, published a book on the culture of the previous century. His profiles and account of their culture won him instant fame but affected the views of his own generation of Victorian values. Wilson looks again at the Victorians in an attempt to discover how far our preceptions of them have changed since Strachey's day. He profiles six individuals, Prince Albert, Charlotte Bronte, William Gladstone, John Henry Newman, Josephine Butler and Julia Margaret Cameron.

1989, BBC Publications, , 0563207191,< J-01>,240pp illustrations, dw slightly creased, ow vg, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 21356-01..............................£9.00

The author's recollections of under-cover work for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the 1930s. Espionage, prostitution, rum-running, counterfeiting etc.

1986, , Sono Nis Press, 0919203558,< J-01>,180pp, drawings, spine wrinkled, covers edgeworn. text vg, , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 22275-01..............................£6.00