Search Results: HISTORY/MIlitary History from William Robertson

London: BCA, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. London: BCA, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardback. Reprint. VG+/VG A highly illustrated history of the Napoleonic Wars. The author weaves together military, naval, economic and diplomatic strands to provide a comprehensive understanding of these times. These were wars in which every nation in Europe (bar tiny Montenegro) were involved at some stage, with battles fought from Java in the east to Buenos Aires in the west; from Finland in the North to Cape Town in the south. At sea, naval engagements took place in every ocean of the world, making the Napoleonic Wars the first truly global conflict. A very readable and insightful account of this monumental period of European history. Contains 232 pages, 25.5 x 19.5cm, with over 100 b&w, and 13 colour, illustrations, including contemporary battle plans plus seven maps. Blue cloth boards in illustrated, price-clipped dust jacket showing slight shelf wear, otherwise… Read More

London: Blandford, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good. London: Blandford, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. Fair/Good. The author was a leading member of a group of RAF servicemen taken prisoner by German paratroops on Crete in 1941. His vivid account tells how he and the others were wrongfully accused of killing wounded German soldiers, and how they escaped execution themselves. There follows a tale of grim survival in the gruelling months after the island's capture. Contains 272 pages, 24 x 15.5cm, and 1 map. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Blue cloth boards in good illustrated dust jacket. Internally, fair: shows the occasional light stain, but generally clean, bright and unmarked in sound bindings.