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Churchill The Life: An Authorised Pictorial Biography by Max Arthur
60.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
When Winston Spencer Churchill was born in 1874, no one could have predicted the path that lay ahead. But, as it turned out, from Winston's undistinguished academic career to his front-line experiences as a soldier and journalist whether in India, Sudan or Cuba, and during the Boer War or in the trenche ...Show more
Dambusters: A Landmark Oral History by Max Arthur
26.99 NZD
29.99 (10% off)
Category: Military | Reading Level: very good
The Dambusters raid is an unforgettable event in British military history and has passed into legend. On 16 May 1943, nineteen Lancaster bomber crews gathered in the dusk at RAF Scampton. Their brief was to fly at night across occupied Europe and drop specially designed 'bouncing' bombs at a mere 60 fee ...Show more
Dambusters : A Landmark Oral History by Max Arthur
37.99 NZD
39.99 (5% off)
Category: Military
DoP - November 2008 - United Kingdom On the 17th May 1943, nineteen Lancaster bomber crews gathered at a remote RAF station in Lincolnshire for a mission of extraordinary daring and high risk - a night raid on three crucial and heavily defended dams deep in the heart of Germany. The raiders would have ...Show more
Faces of World War I: The Tragedy of the Great War in Words and Pictures by Max Arthur
29.99 NZD
Category: Military
This title explores the tragedy of the Great War in words and pictures, covering all aspects and armies who fought. Charting the Allies' entry into warfare in 1914, Max Arthur tells the story in words and pictures of the new conscripted army's life through the five years of slaughter and suffering. He b ...Show more
Forgotten Voices of the Great War by Max Arthur
27.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
A landmark book using unique Imperial War Museum archive material, in which the story of WWI is told in the words of the men who were there.In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous and important task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing WWI veterans and interviewin ...Show more
Last of the Few by Max Arthur
45.00 NZD
Category: Military
After the fall of France to the German army in May 1940, Hitler set his sights on the invasion of Britain. Within weeks he had a vast battle fleet ranged along the French coast. But his biggest obstacle was the small and under-resourced Royal Air Force. Hitler knew that he must gain control of the skies ...Show more
Lost Voices of the Edwardians by Max Arthur
29.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Max Arthur, bestselling author of the hugely popular Forgotten Voices series, recaptures the day-to-day lives of working people in the Edwardian era. The Edwardian era is often eclipsed in the popular imagination by the Victorian age that preceded it and the First World War that followed. In this wonde ...Show more
Symbol of Courage : The Men Behind the Medal by Max Arthur
26.95 NZD
29.95 (10% off)
Category: Non-Fiction
A history of Britain's most famous medal, and a moving examination of the nature of extreme courage. The Victoria Cross can only be awarded for 'most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy.' It has been ...Show more
The Last Post by Max Arthur
27.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks Ser.
FORGOTTEN VOICES OF THE GREAT WAR was the surprise best-seller at Christmas 2002, selling over 60,000 copies in hardback alone. The formula was simple: Max Arthur interviewed some of the 30 surviving British soldiers from the First World War and combined their stories with other interviews in the Imperi ...Show more
The Paras : An Oral History by Max Arthur
39.99 NZD
Category: Military
Published to coincide with 75th anniversary of its formation, this is the definitive history of the iconic Parachute Regiment, told through the voices of more than 200 of the soldiers themselves. From the daring raids of World War 2 through Northern Ireland, The Falklands, Bosnia and Afghanistan, the Pa ...Show more
The Real Band of Brothers : First hand accounts of the last British survivors of the Spanish Civil War by Max Arthur
36.99 NZD
39.99 (7% off)
Category: Military
The Spanish Civil War, which raged from 1936-9, was a brutal and intense war which claimed well over 500,000 lives. Rightly predicting that the rise of Fascism in Spain could develop into a more global conflict, almost 2500 British volunteers travelled to Spain under the banner of the International Brig ...Show more
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