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Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 1996
ISBN 10 : 1871647355ISBN 13 : 9781871647358
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2014
ISBN 10 : 1783030178ISBN 13 : 9781783030170
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The first prisons were in the dungeons of empires and castles, places of neglect and sheer oblivion. Every civilization has had its dissenters and its 'deviants' - criminals as well as political offenders, and so prisons became essential to the retention of power. As the centuries passed after classical times, and prisons were needed for other categories of person, such as debtors, states across the world began to cater for a variety of prisoners, and legal systems became more closely linked to incarceration. The World's Most Notorious Prisons traces this development, from the state prisons of Athens and Rome, through to the birth of the house of correction and the penitentiary. Stephen Wade tells the stories of the infamous penal colonies and state prisons across the stage of world history, from Alcatraz to Van Dieman's Land, and from the Siberian gulags to the massive superjails of modern America. The book traces the stories of inmates and staff, political regimes and the rise and fall of empires, all seen through the prison walls. The history of prisons, as is often noted, throws light on the human political and state structures which generated punishments which have taken away individual freedom, sometimes with a degree of humanitarian concern, and sometimes with sheer barbarism. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2018
ISBN 10 : 152670059XISBN 13 : 9781526700599
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Voices of the Second World War: A Child s Perspective is a collection of first-hand accounts from people who experienced the Second World War from all over Europe: stretching from Russia to the Channel Islands, and Norway to Malta. While some children appear to have been hardly aware of the war, for those who lived through bombing, occupation, deprivation, starvation and fear, the memories remain with them even today. The accounts have been relayed according to their perspective at the time and the contributors were happy to share their experiences and memories, keen in the knowledge that they were being documented as personal chroniclers of one of the twentieth century's most catastrophic events. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Wharncliffe Books (an imprint of Pen & Sword Books), 2011., 2011
ISBN 10 : 1845631404ISBN 13 : 9781845631406
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 1995
ISBN 10 : 0850524091ISBN 13 : 9780850524093
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 1999
ISBN 10 : 0850527023ISBN 13 : 9780850527025
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Linking with a six part television programme (to be shown on ITV in November) covering the history of Gallipoli, The Somme and Ypres this book combines contemporary imagery with atmospheric photographs, revealing the very essence of these places. Quality photography is matched by powerful commentary encompassing the grand sweep of the Great War sustained by an intimate local knowledge. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2016
ISBN 10 : 1473843650ISBN 13 : 9781473843653
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The first policewomen were established during the Great War, but with no powers of arrest; the first women lawyers did not practise until the early twentieth century, and despite the fact that women worked as matrons in Victorian prisons, there were few professional women working as prison officers until the 1920s. The Justice Women traces the social history of the women working in courts, prisons and police forces up to the 1970s. Their history includes the stories of the first barristers, but also the less well-known figures such as women working in probation and in law courts. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2017
ISBN 10 : 1473893399ISBN 13 : 9781473893399
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Tales from the Big House: Normanby Hall tells the story of a place known perhaps today mainly as the home where Samantha Cameron grew up, but historically it has been the seat of the Sheffield family, whose most famous member was arguably the Duke of Buckingham in the seventeenth century. As with most country houses, the Hall was used as a military hospital in the Great War, and in the Second World War there were military personnel based there again. It stands just a few miles from the great steelworks on the Brigg Road, which have always defined Scunthorpe, so it played its part in the history of steel-making also. The book includes biographies of the famous but also tells of the lives of the ordinary people who kept the house and the estate going, from the gamekeepers to the gardeners, and the cooks to the stable hands. All this is set against the social background through the centuries of its existence, up to the sale of the Hall to Scunthorpe Borough Council in 1964 . The lives familiar to us today from _Downton Abbey_ and similar family sagas are at the heart of Stephen Wades history. But along the way, the reader will meet such characters as Sir Berkeley Sheffield, model railway enthusiast, Walter Brierley, architect, Thomas Sumpter, the schoolmaster, John Fletcher, machine-maker, and perhaps most charismatically of all, Lady Arthur Grosvenor, an expert on gypsy caravans. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2017
ISBN 10 : 1526713632ISBN 13 : 9781526713636
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Colbeck recalls his every advance and battle in careful detail.' **Publishers Weekly** This book should be read by any soldier who wants to understand how to make training not a mere substitute for war, but a demanding and constructive preparation for it. **Sir Huw Pike** On Friday, April 9, 1982, a British task force set sail for the Falkland Islands. Three months later, after a short but brutal campaign, it had successfully completed its mission of ejecting the Argentinean occupying forces from the islands. _With 3 Para to the Falklands_ is the full story of that dramatic struggle from the point of view of a sergeant in the Third Battalion, Parachute Regiment (3 Para). This elite battle group played a significant part in the campaign, marching from Port San Carlos to Port Stanley and fighting in one of its most crucial, yet often-neglected battles the night assault on Mount Longdon. Graham Colbeck was there every step of the way and his vivid account reveals the stark realities of fighting in this stubbornly contested conflict. His narrative brings to the fore the chilling nature of the combat, the challenge of the harsh conditions met on the Falklands, the training and techniques of an elite force, and the comradeship of troops in battle. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 1990
ISBN 10 : 0850528895ISBN 13 : 9780850528893
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain this book uses colour illustration and specially commissioned colour artwork to evoke the Battle. It is approved by the Battle of Britain Fighter Pilots Association, to whom a proportion of the book's earnings will be donated. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2009
ISBN 10 : 1845630726ISBN 13 : 9781845630720
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The criminal cases vividly described by Glenda Goulden in this gripping book take the reader on a journey into the dark secret side the history of the Fens. This flat and wide open landscape, thinly populated with isolated farmsteads, has been the setting for a series of horrific, bloody, sometimes bizarre incidents over the centuries. From crimes of callous premeditation to crimes born of passion or despair, the whole range of human weakness and wickedness is represented here. There are tales of conspiracy, robbery, violence, cruelty and murder that reveal a previously neglected side of Fenland society. Unforgettable cases are featured - a mother who murdered her son, a police officer who hid the body of his mother, a farmer brutally murdered for his money, a dustman who killed a local girl, the headless body of a woman who has never been identified. Glenda Goulden's chronicle of the hidden history of the Fens will be compelling reading for anyone who is interested in the sinister side of human nature and the social conditions that nurture it. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Military Classics, Barnsley, 2004
ISBN 10 : 1844151077ISBN 13 : 9781844151073
Vendeur : J R Wright, Padworth Common, Royaume-Uni
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Pen & Sword Military Classics 2004 B format paperback. Looks unused. Pristine condition.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 1997
ISBN 10 : 085052539XISBN 13 : 9780850525397
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. This new edition of The British Army Pocket Guide reflects the situation in an army that has changed dra matically during the past few years. It includes chapters on the British forces in Germany, combat support, communicatio ns and artillery. '. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2019
ISBN 10 : 1526771098ISBN 13 : 9781526771094
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. When Winston Churchill accepted the position of Prime Minister in May 1940, he insisted in also becoming Minister of Defence. He was not going to play the chairman's role, adjudicating between the competing claims of the ministers below him. He was going to get his hands dirty and take direct personal control of the day to day running of military policy. This, though, meant that he alone would be responsible for the success or failure of Britain's war effort. It also meant that he would be faced with many monumental challenges and utterly crucial decisions upon which the fate of Britain and the free world rested. One of his first agonising decisions was how to respond to the collapse of France, and the danger posed to Britain's survival should the powerful French fleet fall into German hands. When he ordered Admiral Sommerville to sink the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, he knew that France might be turned against Britain, but that act demonstrated to the world that he was determined to wage war whatever the cost may be'. With the limited resources available to the UK, Churchill had to decided where his country's priorities lay. Should he concentrate on the defence of the realm or take the war to the enemy - and where should any offensive action be focused? Did Egypt and the war in North Africa take precedence over Singapore and the UK's empire in the East? How much support should be offered to the Soviet Union? How much of the direction of the war could he allow to be dictated by the United States? In this insightful investigation into Churchill's conduct during the Second World War, Allen Packwood, the Director of the Churchill Archives Centre, enables the reader to share the agonies and uncertainties faced by Churchill at each crucial stage of the war. How Churchill responded to each challenge is analysed in great detail and the conclusions the author draws are as uncompromising as those made by Britain's wartime leader as he negotiated his country through its darkest days. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2003
ISBN 10 : 1844150054ISBN 13 : 9781844150052
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. This pocket guide is the indispensable companion for all those professionals who need the facts and figures concerning the UKOs Armed Forces at their fingertips. This new edition has been completely updated with the latest information on the organisation, equipment and statistics of all three services. It includes the outcome of official reports on the deployments into Kosovo and Sierra Leone. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2005
ISBN 10 : 1844151840ISBN 13 : 9781844151844
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The authors have compiled a collection of memories and anecdotes from celebrities and members of the public covering their experiences of the Second World War and the day that Victory over the Nazis was declared. We hear from not only those in the Armed Forces but civilians. The book catches the mood of jubilation and exhilaration yet also the great sadness of the huge waste of human life and resources. Hard times still lay ahead. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 1999
ISBN 10 : 187164769XISBN 13 : 9781871647693
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. During an eventful lifetime in the entertainment industry, Arthur Riley has amassed a treasure trove of memories of the many great stars he has worked with and the now vanished cinemas and theatres which he has managed in and around the Leeds area. From his beginnings in the mid thirties as a rewind boy, through eventful years as a projectionist and lighting engineer, to management of several cinemas and theatres. Plus wartime service operating a mobile cinema. The reader will not only encounter the story of the working life of a talented entertainer and manager, but the story of the rise and fall of cinemas and theatres in and around Leeds. This book is packed with previously unpublished photographs of stars and celebrities from the world of theatre and the silver screen. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2014
ISBN 10 : 1848327242ISBN 13 : 9781848327245
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Revered as the epitome of German militarism and moral decency, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg was one of the most popular and dominant figures of the Great War and of 20th - century Germany. Alongside Erich Ludendorff he secured a crucial victory over the Russians at Tannenberg before finding fame through a number of significant victories such as the Battle of the Masurian Lakes. Many argue that beneath his powerful facade was a weak-willed man who relied heavily on the advice of others to make decisions. Nevertheless he became a cult figure in Germany and wooden statues of him were built all over the country, onto which people nailed money and cheques for war bonds. After the war ended, von Hindenburg was persuaded to run for the office of President and, thanks to his war hero status, was elected in 1925. He remained in office until his death in August 1934. His memoirs, written in the immediate aftermath of the German defeat in 1918, provide compelling insights into German strategy and are essential reading for anyone interested in the First World War. This edition has been abridged and includes a new introduction by the renowned historian, Charles Messenger. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2004
ISBN 10 : 1844150666ISBN 13 : 9781844150663
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Aircrew on a bomber in World War II experienced a cold, tiring and perilous existence. The RAF flew at night, when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb and for many it did not seem prudent to think further ahead than the target, and then hope for a safe return. Daytime raids brought the fear of defending fighters preying on the massed formations of heavily laden aircraft as they struggled over enemy territory. The ground crew saw their aircraft heave themselves into the air and their imagination filled the silent hours until they counted in the returning aircraft and saw the ravages of the enemy defences and the hazards of foul weather. This is their story. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2009
ISBN 10 : 0850526442ISBN 13 : 9780850526448
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Following on from the highly acclaimed Facing Armageddon and Passchendaele in Perspective, At the Eleventh Hour recognises that a world was ending in November 1918, and by international collaboration on the 80th Anniversary we learn through this book, what it was like to experience the transition from war to peace. Distinguished historians brilliantly convey a sense of immediacy as the Armistice is recreated and analysed.The reader will not just acquire new areas of information, he will have some of the existing knowledge which he thought was soundly held, strikingly challenged in the pages of this superbly illustrated book. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2000
ISBN 10 : 085052749XISBN 13 : 9780850527490
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The publication of Battle Stations is timed to coincide with the first UK screening of the first four parts of the major new History Channel series of the same name. Each chapter (and each programme) covers one particular legendary weapon system; the Spitfire, the Sherman Tank, DC-3 Dakota and the amphibious DUKW. The story is told from the earliest design stage, through production to its battle-winning use in a particular theatre and phase of the Second World War. The series is as much about the men - and women - responsible for creating and using each weapon as the equipments themselves. The closely researched but highly readable text is lavishly supported by fabulous photographs. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2010
ISBN 10 : 184832068XISBN 13 : 9781848320680
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. In 1803, at the age of 14, Robert Hay ran away from home to join the Royal Navy, and for the next eight years experienced the trials and tribulations of a sailor's life. Intelligent, agile and willing, he became a boy servant to a series of officers, all of whom helped advance his education as was the practice of the day. But the taxing conditions of life onboard he found detestable and he was, after an action off the French coast, sorely tempted to desert but the well known and ruthless treatment of deserters, if caught, deterred him this time. He was then posted to the East Indies where he was badly wounded and nearly lost a leg before returning home after five years with GBP14 and fourteen days leave to look forward to. His next ship ran aground off Plymouth and, this time, he took the opportunity to desert but was then quickly taken by a press gang. Terrified of being identified, he managed to escape and reach the Scotland and home. As well as a wonderful yarn, the book is also an impressive description of early nineteenth-century naval life, and his ability as a writer was considerable. His descriptions of his remarkable experiences in the East Indies are full of the flavour of the region, while the sailor's natural inclination to drink and debauchery is told with verve. But also running through the narrative are many fine observations on nature and on the human condition. A true and vivid account of the sailor's life of this era. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2020
ISBN 10 : 1526781999ISBN 13 : 9781526781994
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. For anyone seeking to understand the experiences of the ordinary German soldier during World War II, Blood Red Snow provides an excellent starting point" - Military Illustrated A horrifying personal story of World War II's most savage front" - Military Book Club (USA) Gunter Koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on, storing them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leave. The diary went missing, and it was not until he was reunited with his daughter in America some forty years later that it came to light and became Blood Red Snow. The author's excitement at the first encounter with the enemy in the Russian Steppe is obvious. Later, the horror and confusion of fighting in the streets of Stalingrad are brought to life by his descriptions of the others in his unit and their differing manners and techniques for dealing with the squalor and death. He is also posted to Romania and Italy, assignments he remembers fondly compared to his time on the Eastern Front. This book stands as a memorial to the huge numbers on both sides who did not survive and is, some six decades later, the fulfilment of a responsibility the author feels to honour the memory of those who perished. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2010
ISBN 10 : 1845631129ISBN 13 : 9781845631123
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Murder and robbery committed on the railways have long held a special place in British criminal history. Railways and trains create special conditions - and opportunities - for criminal acts. Two legendary large-scale robberies took place on the British railways - the Great Bullion Robbery of 1855 and the Great Train Robbery of 1963 - and these extraordinary episodes are often used as examples of the ultimate in criminal audacity. But as Jonathan Oates shows in this powerful selection of case studies, most railway crime is less sensational yet, in many ways, more revealing.He reconstructs in vivid detail some of the most memorable cases dating from Victorian times to the present day. Included are cases of adults and children who were thrown to their deaths from trains, decapitated corpses found beside railway lines, passengers who were pushed from platforms into the path of oncoming trains and others who were stabbed, shot or strangled during their journeys and were found dead on arrival. The sheer variety of crimes is astonishing, as are the stories that unravel behind them. As he retells these sensational, bizarre, often ghastly tales, Jonathan Oates gives an insight into the reality of railway crime. His collection is a must for addicts of true crime cases and for readers who enjoy railway history.Dr Jonathan Oates is the Ealing Borough Archivist and Local History Librarian, and he has written and lectured on aspects of the history of London, including its criminal past. His books include several volumes on West London in the Images of London series as well as Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Ealing, Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Lewisham and Deptford, Unsolved Murders in Victorian and Edwardian London and Unsolved London Murders: The 1920s and 1930s. He has also published a study of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 and Sweet William or The Butcher? The Duke of Cumberland and the '45. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2009
ISBN 10 : 1844159884ISBN 13 : 9781844159888
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Martin Wilcox's concise and informative guide to the fishing industry will be absorbing reading for anyone who wants to learn about its history or find out about the life a fisherman and his family. In a clear and accessible way he takes readers through the technical, economic and social aspects of the story. He gives a graphic account of the development of the British fisheries through the medieval period and into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The themes and issues that family and local historians will need to understand in order to pursue their research are a key part of the study. He introduces the reader to the variety of national and local records that are available for genealogical research and considers the many other resources that can yield fascinating information about the industry and those who worked in it. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2000
ISBN 10 : 0850527473ISBN 13 : 9780850527476
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Seldom out of the news for long, code-breaking has had a bad time in the media so far, readers and viewers often finding it as perplexing as it is intriguing. As one of the greatest achievements of the century, code- breaking is a fascinating story, but all too often misunderstood and felt to be obscure. The author covers the story from the early code-breaking efforts through the rickety structure of the pre-war Government Code and Cypher School to Bletchley Park where a large powerful organisation arose, unscrambling thousands of secret enemy messages every day. Detailing how these amazing discoveries were actually used, taking us briefly into some of the battles of the Second World War, and in some detail the Battle of the Atlantic, when Britain was in danger of starving and where the war was nearly lost.For the first time, the code-breaking story with all its complexities is told in a straightforward and readable manner, whilst at the same time it will not fail to intrigue and astonish readers. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 1996
ISBN 10 : 0850524997ISBN 13 : 9780850524994
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. A revised edition of an account of peacetime submarine disasters from 1774 to the present day, previously published in 1991. Examines the development of the submarine from experimental stages in the late 18th century to the present day, and provides details of all disasters ever reported. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 1997
ISBN 10 : 0850524725ISBN 13 : 9780850524727
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. This is the biography of Captain Oates who w ill always be remembered as a hero, as the man who walked wi llingly to death so that his comrades might have a better ch ance of survival on the expedition to the South Pole led by Captain Scott. '. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2012
ISBN 10 : 1848321252ISBN 13 : 9781848321250
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. During the nineteenth century it became increasingly common for merchant service masters to take their wives to sea. Among the first, and most accomplished literature about this subject, is Abby Jane Morrell's account of a voyage between 1829 and 1831 that took her from New England to the South Pacific. Apart from the descriptions of exotic places, much of the interest in this book is the traditional, centuries-old world of the sailor as seen through the eyes of a thoughtful and well-educated woman. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Edité par Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley, 2009
ISBN 10 : 1845630564ISBN 13 : 9781845630560
Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Generations of Londoners from Roman times to the present day have confronted natural and man-made threats to their city. Disasters, rebellions, riots, acts of terror and war have marked the long history of the capital - and have shaped the character of its people. In this evocative account Jonathan Oates recalls in vivid detail the perils Londoners have faced and describes how they coped with them. Jack Cade's Rebellion and the Gordon Riots, the Great Plague and the Great Fire, Zeppelin raids, the Blitz, terrorist bombings - these are just a few of the extraordinary hazards that have torn the fabric of the city and wrecked the lives of so many of its inhabitants. This gripping narrative gives a fascinating insight into the tragic history of the city and it reveals much about the changing attitudes of Londoners over the centuries. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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