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Churchill The Life: An Authorised Pictorial Biography by Max Arthur
Category: Biography Memoir
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
Churchill: The Life: An authorised pictorial biography by Max Arthur
Category: History
'Evocative pictures of Churchill pack this fascinating biography' - The Mail on Sunday Together with his unique selection of images, acclaimed historian Max Arthur's evocative and insightful narrative text gets to the core of Winston's character, using his own words and those of some of those closest t ...Show more
Dambusters: A Landmark Oral History by Max Arthur
Category: Fiction
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
Category: History
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 by Max Arthur
Category: Art and Design
In "the Faces of World War I" Max Arthur has delved into the superb photographic archives of the Imperial War Museum and other important collections to unearth remarkable, never before seen images that, when married with his contemporary eye-witness accounts, truly bring a unique perspective to the Firs ...Show more
Faces of World War I: The Tragedy of the Great War in Words and Pictures by Max Arthur
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
Fighters Against Fascism by Max Arthur
Category: History
Personal stories from the soldiers who volunteered to fight for a cause they passionately believed in The Spanish Civil War, which raged from 1936-9, was brutal and intense, claiming well over 500,000 lives. Rightly predicting that the rise of Fascism in Spain could develop into a more global conflict, ...Show more
Forgotten Voices of the Great War by Max Arthur
Category: Military
The original edition of this landmark book brought history to life in a way that had never been done before - through the words of ordinary men and women. Their eyewitness accounts tell the story of the war in a way that no other history title can. Now this bestselling book has been edited, adapted and ...Show more
Forgotten Voices of the Great War by Max Arthur
Category: History
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
Forgotten Voices of the Great War: Ypres and Gallipoli - April 1915-June 1916 by Max Arthur
Category: Music SPECIALS
A landmark book using unique Imperial War Museum archive material, in which the story of WWI during 1916 is told in the words of the men who were there. Following the 2nd battle of Ypres, furious fighting continued on all fronts. Casualties were high, conditions dreadful, and life expectancy short. The ...Show more
Lest We Forget : Forgotten Voices from 1914-1945 by Max Arthur
Category: Military
This skillfully compiled anthology draws on the phenomenally successful "Forgotten Voices" series. "Lest We Forget" brings together first-hand recollections from the Great War to the Second World War, to vividly illustrate the impact of war. Told in the actual words of the men, women and children who li ...Show more