Generals; Ten British Commanders who Shaped the World

Faber and Faber, London, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. List of illustrations, list of maps, introduction by author, bibliography and index. Dark beige speckled coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with 2 inserts, of 8 pages each of colour and black-and-white photographs and colour and black-and-white illustrations. Dark red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper (around) with yellow, gilt and white coloured titles to the front panel and yellow and gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel In this book the author " ... tells the story of 10 exceptional soldiers who left their mark on Britain and the world. Some – including Wellington, Kitchener and Montgomery – are names etched in the national mythology. Others are more obscure figures who achievements or failures may have had consequences quite different from those they had intended: the incompetence of one British general led to the creation of the United States of America, the ideas of another to the invention of Blitzkrieg." – from the front fold over panel blurb. A little rubbing of the book edges with age toning of the block edges and pages. Some minor rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V - XIII, [1], 336 pages, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; Britain/UK; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0571224857. ISBN/EAN: 9780571224852. Inventory No: 0128050. . 9780571224852