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A Guide to Battles by Richard Holmes
19.99 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference S.
This fascinating book tells the stories of the most dramatic, memorable, and important conflicts in world history, from Agincourt, Lepanto, and Trafalgar, to Gettysburg, Stalingrad, and the Somme. It begins with the battle of Megiddo fought by the ancient Egyptians and takes the reader through to the Se ...Show more
Churchill's Bunker: The Secret Quarters at the Heart of Britain's War Victory by Richard Holmes
29.99 NZD
Category: History
For the first time, the history of the bunker - and daily life inside it - is revealed, by bestselling historian Richard Holmes. 'This is the room from which I will direct the war', Churchill declared, shortly after becoming Prime Minister in 1940. It was from these cramped confines that Churchill turne ...Show more
D-Day Remembered: From the Invasion to the Liberation of Paris by Richard Holmes
79.99 NZD
Category: Military
D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history, took place on 6 June 1944. The subsequent battle of Normandy involved over a million men, and helped seal the fate of The Third Reich. This is a graphic account of the planning and execution of Operation Overlord, as well as the campaign that effectivel ...Show more
D-Day Remembered: From the Invasion to the Liberation of Paris by Richard Holmes; Imperial War Museum
65.00 NZD
Category: Military
D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in history, and this graphic account explores all the details of its planning and execution, as well as the campaign that effectively destroyed the German forces in France. Enhancing the superb information on key personnel, weapons, and military units are a DVD ...Show more
Dr Johnson and Mr Savage by Richard Holmes
26.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
A classic reissue of Richard Holmes's brilliant book on Samuel Johnson's friendship with the poet Richard Savage, which won the James Tait Black Prize for Biography. Dr Johnson & Mr Savage is the story of a mysterious eighteenth-century friendship. Richard Savage was a poet, playwright and convicte ...Show more
Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War by Richard Holmes
69.99 NZD
Category: Military
Our foremost military historian offers us a compelling and at times terrifying account of what it means to be a contemporary soldier, written in the words of the men and women of his regiment who are currently completing a dangerous and bloody six-month tour of duty. In this remarkable book, Richard Hol ...Show more
Imperial War Museum's D-Day Experience by Richard Holmes
79.99 NZD
89.99 (11% off)
Category: Military
Redcoat by Richard Holmes
24.95 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
'Redcoat is a wonderful book, doing justice to men who have long deserved a chronicler of Richard Holmes' skill. It is not just a work of history - but of enthusiasm and unparalleled knowledge.' BERNARD CORNWELL Redcoat combines a first-class military historian famous as a TV personality with a Schama-e ...Show more
Sahib : The British soldier in India 1750-1914 by Richard Holmes
26.99 NZD
35.00 (22% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: good
From bestselling author of "Tommy and Redcoat", the rich history of the British soldier in India from Clive to the end of empire considered to be the jewel in Britain's imperial crown. "Sahib" is a broad and sweeping military history of the British soldier in India, but its focus, like that of "Tommy an ...Show more
Second World War in Photographs by Richard Holmes
89.99 NZD
91.99 (2% off)
Category: Military
Interest in the greatest military conflict of all time has never been stronger. Written by leading military historian Richard Holmes, "The Second World War in Photographs" presents his selection of images in year-by-year chapters, covering every theater of operations. The images themselves are largely d ...Show more
Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors by Richard Holmes
26.99 NZD
Category: Military
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 1660 the army has evolved and adapted, but the social organisation of the men has changed less, with the major ...Show more