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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE* A Book of the Year in the Times; Telegraph; Spectator; Financial Times; Observer; Waterstones and Daunt...

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The book titled Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer by the author Richard Holmes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Wellington is a brilliant figure, idealistic in politics, cynical in love, a wit, a beau, a man of enormous courage often sickened by war. As Richard Holmes charts his progress...

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This ambitious, wide-ranging, exhaustively researched book is a compelling attempt to grasp the very nature of war. It takes us through the soldier's experience in its entirety - from the...

80th ANNIVERSARY EDITION Produced in collaboration with Imperial War Museums Relive the day that changed the course of history. On 6 June 1944, D-Day marked the beginning of a campaign...

In this classic work, the author of 'Footsteps' collects the biographical stories that have captured his fancy in the course of researching his books on the romantic poets, creating a...

The Age of Wonder is a colorful and utterly absorbing history of the men and women whose discoveries and inventions at the end of the eighteenth century gave birth to...

Author: Richard HolmesBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative work chronicles the most pivotal land engagements throughout history, presenting a vivid panorama of strategic...

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A magisterial new history of the British soldier - a man famously described by the Duke of Wellington as 'the scum of the earth'. From battlefield to barrack-room, this book...

The book titled The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations That Changed the by the author Richard Holmes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

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From the redcoat who served Charles II to the modern, camouflage-clad guard at Camp Bastion, from battlefield to barrack-room, this is a magisterial social history of the British soldier. Since...

The book titled Shelley: The Pursuit by the author Richard Holmes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

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Author: Richard HolmesBinding: Other bindingPublished: Imperial War Museum, 2006Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Mixed Media. All facsimile documents and memorabilia and, CD IncludedThe D-Day Experience: From...

From the redcoat who served Charles II to the modern, camouflage-clad guard at Camp Bastion, from battlefield to barrack-room, this is a magisterial social history of the British soldier. Since...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few names in literary history conjure the same electric...

An A-Z guide to warfare from the classical period to the present day, including the social, political, technological, and economic background of major conflicts. Entries cover people (military leaders, theorists,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. In the second volume of Richard Holmes's monumental biography...

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 1096 A master of deductive reasoning who can solve the most difficult crimes by spotting obscure clues overlooked by others,...

Author: H.R.F. KeatingBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis insightful non-fiction work presents a comprehensive examination of the legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes: The Man...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew names in the history of literature command as much reverence and recognition as Sherlock Holmes — and The Complete...

NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING IAN McKELLEN It is 1947, and the long-retired Sherlock Holmes lives in a remote Sussex farmhouse with his housekeeper and her young son. He tends...

Author: H.R.F. KeatingBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, London, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSherlock Holmes: The Man and His World chronicles the cultural, historical, and personal contexts that...

Out of his smoke-filled rooms in Baker Street stalks a figure to cause the criminal classes to quake in their boots and rush from their dens of iniquity . ....

Why is the sea salty? How far away is space? Why can't I tickle myself? Why can't we live forever? Children ask the most interesting and challenging questions. But how...

Newly reissued in time for the November film release of SHERLOCK HOLMES starring Robert Downey Jr., Rachel McAdams, and Jude Law, here is a collection of classic Sherlock Holmes tales....

Author: Richard HolmesBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing London, 1988Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor wear to external dust cover; price sticker remnants on front; stamp mark...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew characters in literary history have captured the imagination of readers across generations quite like the razor-sharp detective of 221B Baker Street, and this magnificent omnibus...

This study of war skillfully clarifies the complexities of four major World War II military campaigns: El Alamein, Monte Cassino (Italy), Operation Market Garden (of which Arnhem formed a crucial...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis monumental collection presents the entirety of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic detective fiction,...

Edition: First UK ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat happens when the world's most celebrated detective is unleashed not merely upon the foggy streets of Victorian London, but across the...