French text. The last fires of the imperial court, the intrigues of palaces, the hesitations of the tsar facing the The exalted figure of the Tsarina, given to the power of the dark Rasputin, the charming quartet of the Grand Duchesses, the sufferings of the young Tsarevich with hemophilia, and the horrible tragedy of the end in Yekaterinburg.

1991, Flammarion Paris, , 2080666584,< J-01>,458pp illustrations, Good in card covers, Fr.text, CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 37484-01..............................£5.00

Mass market paperback. Well used but unmarked. Useful study copy. A biography of General Joseph W. Stilwell and a study of American - Sino relations between the fall of the Manchu Empire after the 1911 Revolution, and the rise of Mao Tse-Tung in the 1940s. Stilwell loved China and served there during the '20s and '30s. He returned to command the China-Burma theater during the war with Japan. In 1944 Chiang Kai-shek asked President Roosevelt if Stilwell could be released from the US Army to become Commander-in Chief of China's armed forces

1981, Futura Publishers, , 0708819907,< J-01>,794pp illustrations, maps, , , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 9753-01..............................£5.00

The author was Wingate's Chief of Staff during the second Chindit operation in Burma, tells the true story of the man who helped defeat Japan and become a legend among his men.

1976, Futura Publishers, , 0860072932,< J-01>,300pp, , , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 14899-01..............................£3.00

A photographic biography. Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC was an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was the last Viceroy and first Governor-General of independent India, and First Sea Lord. He was assassinated in August, 1979 by the Provisional IRA, who planted a bomb in his boat in Donegal Bay, County Sligo in the Republic of Ireland

1979, Book Club Edition, , ,< J-01>,224pp, 24 col & 269 b/w photos., Good in d/w, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 5277-01..............................£8.00

The life and letters of Sir Ralph Verney. Includes his experiences with the Rifle Brigade in the Boer War and his period as Military ADC to Lord Chelmsford, Governor of Queensland, whom he later re-joined in India. He served in France in WWI and was wounded in action.

1989, Leo Cooper, , 0850528410,< J-01>,207pp, 26 photos., vg in rubbed dw, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 7776-01..............................£9.00

A gripping account of the rise to fame of England's 'favourite hero' as well as fascinating details of his personal and emotional life. The author offers new interpretations of Nelson's victories and discusses his disobedience to his Commander in Chief's orders and his part in the chaotic Neapolitan counter-revolution.

2003, Yale University Press, , 0300097972,< J-01>,640pp illustrations., Small tear on back of dw ow very good., ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 11781-01..............................£12.00

An autobiography which the author started writing at the age of 81, taking the reader through 63 years of army life encompassing two World Wars, the trials of war criminals Indian Independence, and the 'Emergency' in Malaya. Having joined the Royal Signal Corps at its initiation he was present at the start of a technical revolution which would reduce the world to a Global Village.

1988, Costello Publishers, , 0710430396,< J-01>,217pp illustrations, page edges at back browning ow vg in dw, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 33216-02..............................£8.00

Unread but some shelf wear on cover. Having volunteered in 1914, the author served as a rifleman in the Queen's Westminster Rifles in the trenches on the Western Front. After the Christmas truce of 1914 he was wounded and invalided home. Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Lincolnshire Territorial Regiment, then to the Machine-Gun Corps, he served at Ypres and Passchaendale, subsequently being promoted to Captain. Walkinton once again saw service in WWII as Second-in-Command of the Royal Sussex Regiment in France as part of the BEF.

1980, Samson Books Ltd, , 0906304059,< J-01>,221pp, 4 illustrations, map, Unread. very good in card covers with some shelf wear, , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 19211-01..............................£6.00

A biography of Admiral Lord Nelson, one of England's most beloved naval heroes. Nelson was the victor of many battles against Napoleon's fleet, including the legendary victories at the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar.

1958, Reprint Society, , ,< J-01>,331pp, 9 illustrations, 5 battle plans, appendix, index, Good, ,
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 30153-01..............................£6.00

Mass market paperback. Pages browning but very good. The life of Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck. A legend in his lifetime and revered by his men, the 'Auk' was the inspiration of the Commonwealth troops from Tobruk to Burma during the Second World War. He rose from Indian Army Subaltern stalking the Pathan to lead the Crusader forces in the first successful campaign against Rommel's Afrika Korps. Based on archive material and interviews between Auchinleck and David Dimbleby.

1982, Sphere Books, , 0722189052,< J-01>,365pp, ills, maps, , , CARD
Subject...Political & Biographies - General
Web No. 19006-02..............................£3.00