Showing posts with label British Army. Show all posts
Showing posts with label British Army. Show all posts
Monday, 7 September 2026

Book Review - The Little Field Marshal by Richard Holmes

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  The Little Field Marshal: A Life of Sir John French  by Richard Holmes London: Cassell, 2005 (first published 1981)              ISBN 0304...
Monday, 13 July 2026

Book Review - Slim the Standardbearer by Ronald Lewin

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  Slim the Standardbearer: a biography of Field-Marshall The Viscount Slim  by Ronald Lewin Ware, Herts.: Wordsworth Editions, 1999 (first p...
Sunday, 14 June 2026

Book Review - Good-Bye Dolly Gray by Rayne Kruger

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  Good-Bye Dolly Gray: the Story of the Boer War  by Rayne Kruger London: Pan Books, 1974 (first published 1959)    ISBN 03300238612 Apart f...
Tuesday, 9 December 2025

Book Review - England's Pride by Julian Symons

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  England's Pride: the story of the Gordon Relief Expedition  by Julian Symons London: White Lion Publishers, 1974 (first published by H...
Friday, 29 March 2024

Book Review - Monty His Part in my Victory by Spike Milligan

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  Monty: his Part in my Victory: War Biography Vol. 3  by Spike Milligan, edited by Jack Hobbs Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978 (first pub...
Thursday, 14 March 2024

Book Review - Rorke's Drift by Michael Glover

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  Rorke's Drift: a Victorian Epic  by Michael Glover London: Leo Cooper, 1975                                                ISBN 085052...
Sunday, 14 May 2023

Book Review - Battles of the Falklands War by Gordon Smith

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  Battles of the Falklands  by Gordon Smith London: Ian Allen Ltd, 1989          ISBN 0711017921 This is a somewhat dry, but very useful boo...
Saturday, 8 April 2023

Book Review - Passchendaele: the Story Behind the Tragic Victory of 1917 by Philip Warner

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 Passchendaele: the Story Behind the Tragic Victory of 1917 by Philip Warner London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988 (first published 1987)   ...
Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Book Review - The Secret Lives of Lawrence of Arabia by Phillip Knightley and Colin Simpson

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  The Secret Lives of Lawrence of Arabia  by Phillip Knightley and Colin Simpson London: A Panther Book, 1971   (First published 1969) This ...
Monday, 19 December 2022

Book Review - Adolf Hitler: my part in his Downfall by Spike Milligan

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  Adolf Hitler: my part in his Downfall  by Spike Milligan Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1971                ISBN 0140035205 Like many other...
Monday, 18 April 2022

Book Review - Crimea by Orlando Figes

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  Crimea: the Last Crusade  by Orlando Figes London: Penguin, 2011 (first published 2010)    ISBN 9780141013503 Within ten kilometres of my ...
Friday, 1 October 2021

Book Review - Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence

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  Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph  by T.E. Lawrence Harmondsworth: Penguin Books in association with Jonathan Cape, 1975 printing (First ...
Wednesday, 1 September 2021

Book Review - The Great War by Les Carlyon

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  The Great War  by Les Carlyon Sydney: Picador, 2007  (First published 2006)           ISBN 9781405037990 It's only after finishing thi...
Sunday, 13 June 2021

Book Review - Operation Victory by Francis de Guingand

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  Operation Victory  by Major-General Sir Francis de Guingand K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O. Chief of Staff, Eighth Army, 1942-43, Chief of Staff, 21...
Wednesday, 30 December 2020

Book Review - War at the Top by James Leasor

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  War at the Top  by James Leasor, based on the experiences of General Sir Leslie Hollis  London: The Companion Book Club, 1960 This was no...