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Kleopatra

Det är en historisk ironi att vi inte har en aning om hur världens mest ryktbara skönhetsdrottning såg ut. Inga porträttlika avbildningar finns bevarade av den egyptiska härskarinn ...


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Julius Caesar

Ingen kan undgå att känna till hans namn, mannen som gav upphov till titeln kejsare – Caesar. Odödliggjord genom såväl namnet som filmer, pjäser, Asterix-album och inte minst gärni ...


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Tarinoita toivosta

”Tarinat tuovat meidät yhteen ja muistuttavat, että toivoa on aina.” Lukijoiden rakastamien teosten, Auschwitzin tatuoijan ja Cilkan tarinan kirjoittaja Heather Morris on poikkeuks ...


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Desert Fire

Forming part of the Royal Artillery's historical series, Desert Fire is the Battery Commander of O Battery (The Rockett Troop), 2nd Field Regiment RA's gripping description of the ...


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Devil's Own Luck

Although strictly forbidden to keep diaries, Denis Edwards managed to record his experiences throughout nearly all his time in Europe in 1944-45. He brilliantly conveys what it was ...


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The FANY in Peace & War

The strangely named First Aid Nursing Yeomanry traces its origins to the Great War. As a mark of their outstanding service they remained in being between the wars. However, it is f ...


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Flames of Calais

The defense of Calais in May/June 1940 was a superb example of selfless courage and sacrifice. Sent by Churchill to divert the Germans from Dunkirk and so save the British Army fro ...


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Gavrelle

During the Battle of Arras 1917, the village of Gavrelle was captured by the Royal Naval Division; the Royal Marines suffered the highest casualties in their history. This guide ex ...


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Sassoon & Graves

The war memoirs of these two officers with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers have never been out of print since their first publication. Both men won instant and enduring fame with these v ...


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Have You Forgotten Yet?

The story of an infantry officer on the Western Front, of the Fourth Battalion of the Coldstream Guards who was awarded the MC. At first he had a relatively safe posting but this p ...


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One of Our Submarines

'In the very highest rank of books about the last war. Submarines are thrilling beasts, and Edward Young tells of four years' adventures in them in a good stout book with excitemen ...


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The War Behind the Wire

War Behind the Wire focuses on the capture, interrogation, the comradeship of camp life, escape planning and forgery techniques, tunneling, the thrill of life on the run, re-captur ...


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Wellington's Scapegoat

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bevan was the key figure in an extraordinary, controversial and ultimately tragic episode during the Peninsula War. He was the commanding officer held re ...


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Without Tradition

2 Para's performance during Operation MARKET GARDEN is legendary but, as this book amply demonstrates, it was the culmination of three year's battle experience. A major factor behi ...


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Zulu Kings and their Armies

Covering nearly one hundred years of Zulu military history, this book focuses on the creation, maintenance, development, tactics and ultimate destruction of the Zulu army. It studi ...


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Fly Navy

The Fleet Air Arm has always had an elite status and an image of 'derring-do' and living on the edge.To mark the Millennium, 95 members of the Fleet Air Arm Officer's Association h ...


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He Who Dares

With so few survivors of the Second World War military generation alive today, it is extremely fortunate that men like David Sutherland recorded their experiences for posterity. Th ...


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'Shan' Hackett

'Shan' Hackett is remembered by his own and succeeding generations for a variety of achievements and attributes. A superb fighting soldier, he served with the Trans-Jordan Force, h ...


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Arctic Snow to Dust of Normandy

Very few men have a more exciting and dramatic story of their wartime activities to tell than Patrick Dalzel-Job. In 1940 using his special knowledge of North Norway's coast line h ...


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Argentine Fight for the Falklands

This book provides new light on the way the Argentine forces were organized for war, the plans and reactions of the commanders, the sufferings of the soldiers and the shame and dis ...


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Battle Tales from Burma

John Randle served with the greatly respected Baluch Regiment of the former Indian Army right through the fiercely fought Burma Campaign, winning an MC yet on VJ day he was only so ...


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Blondie

Blondie Hasler was the leader of the famous 'Cockleshell Heroes'. He designed the canoes which were used in the operation, he recruited and trained the twelve men who made up this ...


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Bomber Commander

Wing Commander Donald Teale Saville DSO, DFC joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1927. From 1932 until 1939 he flew and tested private aircraft, was a flying instructor and th ...


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Captured at the Imjin River

The author, a young conscript, fought with The Glorious Glosters at the legendary Imjin River battle. Heavily outnumbered by the Chinese and subjected to 'human-wave' infantry atta ...


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Defiant and Dismasted at Trafalgar

Born in 1762, William Hargood's naval career spanned over 30 years, as he rose from humble midshipman to the captain of one of the most powerful warships of the day at Trafalgar. H ...