The disaster which befell RMS Titanic has become one of the most investigated and analyzed maritime tragedies of all time. Yet there is much still to be untangled from the web of mystery which still surrounds this confused, catastrophic event.The peo...Daugiau...
The disaster which befell RMS Titanic has become one of the most investigated and analyzed maritime tragedies of all time. Yet there is much still to be untangled from the web of mystery which still surrounds this confused, catastrophic event.The peo...Daugiau...
At a critical stage of the Texas Revolution a large Mexican army surrounded a makeshift fortification known locally as the Alamo. It was there that a small defensive force of mostly Texans had become holed up, and where they vowed to ‘never sur...Daugiau...
At a critical stage of the Texas Revolution a large Mexican army surrounded a makeshift fortification known locally as the Alamo. It was there that a small defensive force of mostly Texans had become holed up, and where they vowed to ‘never sur...Daugiau...
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead and Lieutenant John Chard had fame thrust upon them, as did the place known as Rorkes Drift, which before 1879 was an unknown homestead situated in the middle of the South African veld. Although both men came from famil...Daugiau...
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead and Lieutenant John Chard had fame thrust upon them, as did the place known as Rorkes Drift, which before 1879 was an unknown homestead situated in the middle of the South African veld. Although both men came from famil...Daugiau...
The 150th anniversary of the first FA Cup competition, the earliest knockout tournament in the history of football, will be celebrated during the 2021-2022 season. The first set of matches was played on 11 November 1871, with the Engineers reaching t...Daugiau...
Experience the Titanic disaster through eyewitness accounts from those who lived it in this unique and gripping history.To have sailed on the voyage of the century aboard White Star Lines RMS Titanic-described at the time as a floating palace-wa...Daugiau...
Using a unique approach, the author explores the disaster through the lives of fifty people linked to the sinking, from all walks of life and geographical regions.To have sailed on ‘the voyage of the century’ aboard White Star Line’...Daugiau...
This history of the Siege of Cawnpore and the massacre of British noncombatants in Colonial India reveals the human side of the struggle.During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the strategic garrison at Cawnpore was surprised by an extended siege. Many...Daugiau...
This history of the Siege of Cawnpore and the massacre of British noncombatants in Colonial India reveals the human side of the struggle.During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the strategic garrison at Cawnpore was surprised by an extended siege. Many...Daugiau...
The Anglo-Zulu War lasted only six months in 1879, but in that relatively short time twenty-three men were awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry under most trying and dangerous circumstances. Zulu warriors gave no mercy and expected none in return...Daugiau...
All 111 VC recipients of the Crimean War are profiled in this detailed military history—with forty-five portraits. In 1854, Great Britain went to war against the Russia Empire on the Crimean Peninsula. To honor the British soldiers who showed e...Daugiau...
The Crimean War saw the introduction of the Victoria Cross, which was awarded to 111 men. Whilst the history of the Crimean War has been related many times, never before have the stories of those individuals who were awarded the VC been told. In this...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 14-Sep-2016, EPUB+DRM, Leidėjas: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780750980616)
Lord Cardigans cavalry charge on 25 October 1854 at the battle of Balaclava into the valley of death is surely one of the most famous actions in military history. Is there anything new to say about it in print? Yes there is, because most publicati...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 14-Sep-2016, EPUB+DRM, Leidėjas: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9780750980609)
Through the night of 22/23 January 1879, a small garrison of British soldiers behind a makeshift barricade of bags and boxes successfully defended the storehouse and field hospital at Rorkes Drift, against an army of Zulu warriors who outnumbered th...Daugiau...
