The Waterloo Companion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Waterloo Companion write by Mark Adkin. This book was released on 2001. The Waterloo Companion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There have been many books about Waterloo, but never one to rival this in scale or authority. The text, based upon extensive research, describes both the battle and the campaign that preceded it in detail, drawing upon the first-hand accounts of participants on all sides in order to give the reader a vivid feeling for the experiences of those who fought upon this most celebrated of all battlefields. The many full-color maps, all specially commissioned for the book, and the numerous diagrams and photographs, the majority in color, as well as sixteen pages of original paintings, make the book a feast for the eyes and a collector's dream.
The Western Front Companion
The Western Front Companion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Western Front Companion write by Mark Adkin. This book was released on 2017-04-30. The Western Front Companion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The definitive guide to the main theater of WWI—“maps of the battles . . . military strategy . . . extraordinary anecdotes . . . it’s a triumph” (Daily Mail). Written by the author of the three previous bestselling Companions on Waterloo, Trafalgar and Gettysburg—now acclaimed as the definitive work of reference on each battle—The Western Front Companion is not a mere chronological account of the fighting. Rather, it is an astonishingly comprehensive and forensic anatomy of how and why the armies fought, of their weapons, equipment and tactics, for over four long and bloody years on a battlefield that stretched from the Belgian coast to the Swiss frontier—a distance of 450 miles. Alongside the British Army, full coverage is given to Britain’s allies—France, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, India and the United States—as well as the Germans. The 350,000 words of text range over everything from the railways on the front to the medical corps and the chaplains. Like previous Companions, this book is equally distinguished by its magnificent visual resources—original and intricate maps and diagrams, over 200 resonant and remarkable archive images from the time (many rarely seen), and modern color photographs showing how historic battlefields look nowadays, and paying tribute to the magnificent and poignant cemeteries, monuments and ossuaries that mark the fallen for today’s battlefield visitor. Every reader, no matter how well informed already on the history of World War I, will learn something new from this extraordinary and exhaustive volume. No one interested in the true story and sheer sweep of the Great War on the Western Front can afford to be without it.
The Trafalgar Companion
The Trafalgar Companion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Trafalgar Companion write by Mark Adkin. This book was released on 2005. The Trafalgar Companion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on October 21, 1805, off Cape Trafalgar on the Spanish coast, between the combined fleets of Spain and France and the Royal Navy. The last great sea action of the period, it established British naval supremacy and ended the threat of French invasion. The Trafalgar Companion not only chronicles the campaign and the battle itself in unprecedented detail, but it also charts Admiral Lord Nelson’s life and career as well as his death at the height of the battle. Providing a wealth of background details on contemporary naval life, seamanship, gunnery, tactics, and much else, the narrative is supplemented by informative sidebars, 200 color illustrations, and stage-by-stage battle diagrams.
Journal of the Waterloo Campaign, Kept Throughout the Campaign of 1815
Journal of the Waterloo Campaign, Kept Throughout the Campaign of 1815 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Journal of the Waterloo Campaign, Kept Throughout the Campaign of 1815 write by Cavalié Mercer. This book was released on 1927. Journal of the Waterloo Campaign, Kept Throughout the Campaign of 1815 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Ed McBain/Evan Hunter
Ed McBain/Evan Hunter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ed McBain/Evan Hunter write by Erin E. MacDonald. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Ed McBain/Evan Hunter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of the most prolific crime writers of the last century, Evan Hunter published more than 120 novels from 1952 to 2005 under a variety of pseudonymns. He also wrote several teleplays and screenplays, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, and the 1954 novel The Blackboard Jungle. When the Mystery Writers of America named Hunter a Grand Master, he gave the designation to his alter ego, Ed McBain, best known for his long-running police procedural series about the detectives of the 87th Precinct. This comprehensive companion provides detailed information about all of Evan Hunter's/Ed McBain's works, characters, and recurring themes. From police detective and crime stories to dramatic novels and films, this reference celebrates the vast body of literature of this versatile writer.
