Confidence Men. How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History, Hardback - Margalit Fox

The astonishing true story of two First World War prisoners who pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes of all time.Illustrations: integrated b/w

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A voyage through the culture, people and history of the defining piece of water known as the English Channel.

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Helen Fry provides a significant reassessment of MI9, the branch of military intelligence that helped Allied fighters escape from behind enemy line...

The most complete and thorough journey through and among the culture, people and history of this defining piece of waterPublisher: Orion Publishing...

A pioneering study of the experiences and emotional lives of British prisoners of war in Germany and Italy during the Second World War. Clare Makep...

The Tower of London is an iconic building, having held many famous prisoners since it was first built in the 1100s.

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A thrilling history of MI9-the WWII organization that engineered the escape of Allied forces from behind enemy linesPublisher: Yale University Pres...

An extraordinary true account of the enormous tragedy of the Syrian civil conflict.

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Over 3, 000 years of incredible women who ruled the world!

Tells the story of the women who were left alone after World War I - a remarkable generation of women who were changed by war; and in their turn he...

The Second World War between the Axis and Allied powers saw over 20 million soldiers taken as prisoners of war. Prisoners of War uses a series of c...

A celebration of the contribution that birds made in the Second World War.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Nicholas MiltonIllustration(s)...

'Inspired ... Lowe's sensitive, disturbing book should be compulsory reading for both statue builders and statue topplers' MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIM...

DescriptionWhen Winston Churchill accepted the position of Prime Minister in May 1940, he insisted in also becoming Minister of Defence. He was not...

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John Valentine's letters home from his time in a Prisoner of War camp during World War Two.

In Munich in 1920, just after the end of the First World War, German officers who had been prisoners of war in England published a book they had wr...

A real-life financial thriller recounting the actions of independent financial market trader Navinder Singh Sarao who worked the market like a vide...

Reducere. American discussions of the Vietnam War tend to gloss over the period from 1972 to the final North Vietnamese offensive in 1975. But on the battlef...

Reducere. A thrilling, moment by moment account of an epic World War II escape and the real-life adventures that followed.On August 30, 1942 - 'Zero Night' -...

A stunning, sweeping love story set against the backdrop of the German Occupation of Guernsey during World War Two.Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonAut...

In January of 2007, three young stoners from Miami Beach won a $300 million Department of Defense contract to supply ammunition to the Afghanistan ...

Capturing the stories of ordinary human beings who lived through extraordinary times

Travel writer and architectural historian Martin Andrew sets out with a lifelong friend to recreate Horatio Hornblower's escape from Napoleon in a ...

A tenth anniversary edition of the popular personal development guide, offering acclaimed and endorsed advice on confidence in business and in soci...

How an American soldier saved his comrades from being enslaved by the Nazis in the dying days of World War Two.

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In 1941, Sgt Albert Victor Ient sought adventure in the Services. Stationed in Hong Kong, he faced a different reality when his position was overru...

A look at how our monuments to World War II shape the way we think about the war by an award-winning historian. Keith Lowe, an award-winning author...

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Beginning in 1939, young Solly in London exchanges letters with his teenaged cousin, Bernie, in Poland. While Solly is evacuated and adjusts to lif...

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