World War 1

Intelligent, beautiful Alexandra Bouvier was raised believing she could achieve anything. But when the First World War breaks out in 1914, and both her parents are killed while volunteering on...

A must-read for anyone with an interest in history, politics, or the fascinating story and enduring legacy of an extraordinary figure: Winston Churchill. Widely regarded as one of the most...

On Platform One of Paddington Station in London, there is a statue of an unknown soldier; he's reading a letter. On the hundredth anniversary of the declaration of war everyone...

Author: B. C. HortonBinding: HardbackPublished: A. & C. Black Ltd., 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account chronicles the courageous efforts of the Coastwatchers in the Solomon Islands...

The British Army was not highly regarded before World War I; the Kaiser was said to have called it "contemptible"; the French regarded it as a colonial police force with...

New edition of a classic memoir with new Introduction, bibliography, biographical index and four new previously unpublished photographs. 'Hughenden', the seaside mansion of Kathleen's grandparents, provided the 'solid bluestone foundations'...

The captivating new historical mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE WITCHFINDER'S SISTER The Great War is ending, but it has taken Ivy's son. Ivy is consumed by...

This book looks at the Battle of the Somme, which was planned as "The Big Push" that would at last break the long stalemate on the Western Front in World...

'Facing Armageddon' is a major collection of scholarly work on the 1914-18 war that explores, on a worldwide basis, the real nature of the participants' experience. The book is a...

Dealing with the events leading up to the outbreak of the First World War, and mirroring recent events in Serbia, this report contains the diplomatic exchanges that followed the assassination...

Anzac Battlefield: A Gallipoli Landscape of War and Memory explores the transformation of Gallipoli's landscape in antiquity, during the famed battles of the First World War and in the present...

For the first time, Richard S. Grayson tells the story of the Dubliners who served in the British military and in republican forces during the First World War and the...

Author: John MasefieldBinding: HardbackPublished: CARCANET, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsJohn Masefield's correspondence with Margaret Bridges forms the core of this compelling volume. These letters, written between...

Author: Norman F. WilkinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Robertson & Mullens Ltd., 1931Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis book presents a collection of narratives encompassing journeys across...

Author: J.N.I.Dawes, L.L. RobsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria., 1977Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: FEP missingMarkings: No markingsThis book recounts memories from members of the First A.I.F. It...

Author: C. E. W. BeanBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1946Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a concise historical overview of the Australian...

Author: L. L. RobsonBinding: SoftbackPublished: Melbourne U. P. Melbourne, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a detailed examination of the recruitment processes of the First...

Author: Robyn RowlandBinding: SoftbackPublished: 5 Islands, 2015Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsIt began with the Battle of Çanakkale and the defeat of the British navy. The...

Author: Leigh HayBinding: SoftbackPublished: Tales from the Treehouse, 2017Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis narrative follows a man in uniform, his experiences likely shaped by the...

The 20th (service) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (Wearside), were raised by local comittee in August 1915 becoming part of Kitcener's New Army. Early enlistments were sent to a tented...

In World War One- A Short History, Norman Stone provides a terse, opinionated and wry short history of the First World War. In 1914 a new kind of war, and...

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The Imperial Russian government's efforts to procure much-needed military supplies in the American market before and after America's entry into World War I are the focus of this work. It...

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Author: F.F. KnightBinding: HardbackPublished: Hawthorn Press Melbourne, 1975Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a collection of historical moments and figures spanning from 1895...

Author: Stanley WeintraubBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen & Unwin, 1985Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the concluding moments of World War I, specifically focusing on November...

Author: Patsy Adam-SmithBinding: SoftbackPublished: Nelson, 1985Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book vividly recounts the experiences of the ANZACs, the Australian and New Zealand Army...

Author: Geoff PageBinding: SoftbackPublished: Penguin, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book is a collection of poems and photographs from Australians in the Great War. It explores...

Author: Richard Perceval GravesBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biography delves into the early life of Robert Graves, covering the years 1895-1926....

Author: Vera BrittainBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz, 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book is Vera Brittain's war diary, spanning from 1913 to 1917. Edited by Alan Bishop,...

Author: I.C. McgibbonBinding: HardbackPublished: Government Printer Wellington, 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the naval defense strategies of New Zealand during a critical period....

Author: Peter BurnessBinding: SoftbackPublished: Department of Veterans Affairs Canberra, 2008Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the experiences of Australians on the Western Front...

Author: C.J.DennisBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson Ltd, Sydney, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book is a collection of poems. It is a narrative in verse, chronicling the experiences...

Author: Stuart CloeteBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1969Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsSet against the backdrop of the First World War, this novel delves into the lives...

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A Mother Forever is the moving story of one woman's journey through the hardest trials of her life and how the love of friends and family pulls her through. From...

Stefan Zweig's most famous novel, reissued with a new jacket and title 'I can't take any more of your revolting merciful kindness!' Who would have thought that the great military...

The poignant story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery...

Tuchman's spellbinding history of the fateful first month when Britain went to war - reissued for the 2014 Centenary War pressed against every frontier. Suddenly dismayed, governments struggled and twisted...

\"The best modern single-volume history of the war on the Western Front\" (The Spectator), by the acclaimed author of the bestselling Passchendaele In the annals of military history, the Western...

The Anzacs remains unrivalled as the classic account of Australia's involvement in the First World War. Gallipoli was the final resting place for thousands of young Australians. Death struck so...

Few years can justly be said to have transformed the earth- 1914 did. Few years can justly be said to have transformed the earth- 1914 did. In July that year,...

On Anzac Day 1918, when the town of Villers-Bretonneux falls to the British defenders, it is the Australians who are called on to save the day, the town, and the...

Passchendaele epitomises everything that was most terrible about the Western Front. The photographs never sleep of this four-month battle, fought from July to November 1917, the worst year of the...

VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of the most famous anti-war novel ever written, translated by Brian Murdoch. 'A necessary, shattering read' Irish Times In...

On Anzac Day 1918, when the town of Villers-Bretonneux falls to the British defenders, it is the Australians who are called on to save the day, the town, and the...