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Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History by Roy Adkins; Lesley Adkins
Category: History
A rip-roaring account of the dramatic four-year siege of Britain's Mediterranean garrison by Spain and France--an overlooked key to the British loss in the American Revolution For more than three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land ...Show more
Gibraltar - The Greatest Siege in British History by Roy Adkins; Lesley Adkins
Category: History
A rip-roaring account of the dramatic four-year siege of Britain's Mediterranean garrison by Spain and France--an overlooked key to the British loss in the American Revolution For more than three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land and ...Show more
Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History by Roy & Lesley Adkins
Category: History
Secondhand. For over three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land and at sea, by the overwhelming forces of Spain and France. It became the longest siege in British history, and the obsession with saving Gibraltar was blamed for the loss ...Show more
Jack Tar : Life in Nelson's Navy by Roy and Lesley Adkins
Category: History
The Royal Navy to which Admiral Lord Nelson sacrificed his life depended on thousands of sailors and marines to man the great wind-powered wooden warships. Drawn from all over Britain and beyond, often unwillingly, these ordinary men made the navy invincible through skill, courage and sheer determinatio ...Show more
The War for All the Oceans by Roy Adkins and Lesley Adkins
Category: History
The period 1798 to 1815 - the Napoleonic Wars - has just about everything that you could wish for in a book on naval history - large fleet actions such as the Battle of the Nile and Copenhagen; many duels between pairs or small groups of ships, such as the Shannon and Chesapeake; combined operations lik ...Show more
When There Were Birds by Roy Adkins; Lesley Adkins
Category: Animals & Nature
A landmark book that charts humanity's changing relationship with birds - from the ancient Egyptians to the twenty-first century 'A marvellously original slice of social history' Daily Mail 'The facts and folklore of birdlife are dissected in admirable detail in this handsome book' Sunday Times 'Roy an ...Show more
When There Were Birds by Roy Adkins, Lesley Adkins
Category: Animals & Nature
Birds are a joy and solace in troubled times, as well as a reminder of past experiences and a symbol of hope for the future. For centuries, they were also seen as a source of food, feathers and even fuel, and being so numerous, many were persecuted as pests. When There Were Birds is a social history of ...Show more
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