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This is the fascinating story of how Nazi war criminals escaped from justice at the end of the Second World War by fleeing through the Tyrolean Alps to Italian seaports, and the role played by the Red Cross, the Vatican, and the Secret Services of the major powers in smuggling them away from prosecution in Europe to a new life… Read more about this item

After an immense, but useless bombardment, at 7.30am on 1st July 1916 the British Army went over the top and attacked the German trenches. It was the first day of the Battle of The Somme and the British suffered nearly 60,000 casualties. This is account of that fateful day. Well illustrated throughout, with b/w photographs and hand-drawn maps. CONDITION: Used,… Read more about this item

The first history of one of the most significant battles of the First World War. A major victory for the Allies, Amiens is the battle many military historians credit with precipitating the end of the war. The surprise attack was launched on 8 August 1918, with over 500 tanks (the largest number to participate in any battle of the war),… Read more about this item

The British Grand Fleet which engaged the German High Seas Fleet at Jutland in 1916 was the most formidable in the history of the Royal Navy. Admiral Sir John Jellicoe s 151 warships included 28 battleships and nine battle cruisers, commanded by 13 admirals and 75 commodores and post captains. The Royal Navy and British public confidently expected another Trafalgar.… Read more about this item

The only major fleet engagement of World War I, the Battle of Jutland has been surrounded by controversy ever since. The British public felt Admiral Jellicoe had failed - a reaction rooted in a hundred years of the 'Nelson cult', a conviction that anything short of a Trafalgar-style annihilation was letting the side down. True, the German Fleet had sunk… Read more about this item

The only major fleet engagement of World War I, the Battle of Jutland has been surrounded by controversy ever since. The British public felt Admiral Jellicoe had failed - a reaction rooted in a hundred years of the 'Nelson cult', a conviction that anything short of a Trafalgar-style annihilation was letting the side down. True, the German Fleet had sunk… Read more about this item

When the First World War broke out in August 1914 the Imperial German Army mistakenly assumed that the BEF - 'that contemptible little army' - would be easily defeated. They were stopped in their tracks by the numerically inferior British force, whose excellent marksmanship cost the closed packed German ranks dear. Eventually forced to fall back by overwhelming German numbers,… Read more about this item

When the First World War broke out in August 1914 the Imperial German Army mistakenly assumed that the BEF - 'that contemptible little army' - would be easily defeated. They were stopped in their tracks by the numerically inferior British force, whose excellent marksmanship cost the closed packed German ranks dear. Eventually forced to fall back by overwhelming German numbers,… Read more about this item

World War 1 was a watershed in British military and social history, and even now the repercussions can still be felt. No town or village in the British Isles escaped their casualties, and the creative genius of a generation was wiped out, at an incalculable loss to society. This book looks in detail at how the British soldier lived, fought… Read more about this item

The Gallipoli expedition of 1915 was designed to knock the Turkish Empire out of the First World War and open a supply route to Russia. Characterised by outstanding courage and determination, the campaign is also remembered for the appalling military incompetence in the higher commands of both sides. As new. Light shelf wear.

In the autumn of 1914 the original British Expeditionary Force faced a heavily reinforced German drive towards the channel. Field Marshal Sir John French, the British Commander-in-Chief, had sent his men north in an attempt to outflank the Germans across the open ground of Flanders. Here they advanced into the face of a huge German attack and commenced the first… Read more about this item

A complete psychological and pictorial account of the gruesome 'Ripper' murders that shocked a nation. This is the thrilling profile of a killer with vivid reconstructions of the actual crimes. As new. Light shelf wear.

For a hundred and twenty years, the identity of the Whitechapel murderer known to us as Jack the Ripper has both eluded us and spawned a veritable industry of speculation. This book names him. Mad doctors, Russian lunatics, bungling midwives, railway policemen, failed barristers, weird artists, royal princes and white-eyed men. All of these and more have been put in… Read more about this item

Unread. Light shelf wear. A spellbinding portrait of Queen Elizabeth's conjuror – the great philosopher, scientist and magician, Dr John Dee (1527–1608) and a history of Renaissance science that could well be the next 'Longitude'. John Dee was one of the most influential philosophers of the Elizabethan Age. A close confidant of Queen Elizabeth, he helped to introduce mathematics to England, promoted… Read more about this item

Illustrated throughout with b/w photographs. CONDITION: DJ worn, foxed and historically taped inside but intact, not price clipped. Foxing to edges. Binding good.

1987 facsimile of the 1890 1st edition. Tells the story of a man who could take the life force form others, and potentially become immortal. CONDITION: DJ and book both vg. condition. Light shelf wear and a little dusting to top. No inscriptions. Internally clean.

1987 facsimile of the 1890 1st edition. Tells the story of a man who could take the life force form others, and potentially become immortal. CONDITION: DJ and book both vg. condition. Light shelf wear and a little dusting to top. No inscriptions. Internally clean.

The final book in The Forsyte Saga (as seen on 1960s TV). Undated - c. 1933 CONDITION: DJ very good - light chipping, in poly cover. Ownership inscription on ffep. Light tanning. Binding good. 16 x 11cm.

The fifth novel in The Forsyte Saga series (as seen on 1960s TV) Undated. circa 1933. CONDITION: DJ very good, slight chipping, in poly cover. Ownership inscription on ffep. Light tanning. Binding good. Size: 16 x 10cm.

The First volume of The Forsyte Saga (as seen on 1960s TV) Undated - circa 1930. CONDITION: DJ: good with edge-chipping (in poly cover). Light tanning throughout. Size: 16 x 10.5 cm.