Tales of War: Great Stories From Military History for Every Day of The Year (PAPERBACK)
UK £12.99,Canada $26.00,
UK Publication January 2011
ISBN 9781848312173
Paperback
Page Extent 756
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A powerful collection of historical stories of military endeavour for every day of the year, from the Romans to the bloody twentieth century.
From Julius Caesar’s victory at the Battle of Zela in 47 BC to the first V2 rockets falling on London, Tales of War is a unique tour of the many faces of armed conflict – the camaraderie, bravery and sacrifice as well as bloodshed and the waste of life.
With a story for every day of the year, discover in Tales of War why the Victoria Cross was created, how Joan of Arc relieved the siege of Orleans and the shock of the first use of tanks in warfare at the Battle of the Somme – and much more:
26 January 1885: The death of Chinese Gordon at the fall of Khartoum
20 April 1918: The Red Baron shoots down his 79th and 80th victims the day before his death
20 June 451: Attila the Hun is defeated at Battle of Chlons
2 August 216 BC Hannibal annihilates the Romans at the Battle of Cannae
19 November 1274: Kublai Khans Mongols land at Hakata Bay during first Mongol invasion of Japan
13 December 1939: British and New Zealand cruisers cripple the German Admiral Graf Spee at the Battle of the River Plate
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Bruce Carrick has worked in book publishing for many years in New York and London. On his birthday in 1856, the Gazette first published the creation of the Victoria Cross, the highest possible military award in the Commonwealth for valour in the face of the enemy.See more books by: Bruce Carrick
W.B. Marsh was born and has lived in New York, as well as Paris, Milan, Helsinki, Madrid, London, Tokyo, Vienna and Brussels. A Princeton graduate, he served in the US Marine Corps for two years and worked in advertising, including at Saatchi & Saatchi, for 35 years. He has also worked at the V&A museum in London. He has been collecting stories for days of the year for 23 years. On his birthday - 26 October - the legendary 'Gunfight at the OK Corral' took place at Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881.
See more books by: W.B. Marsh
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