' Ranks as a towering work of historical research & writing'
- Nigel Jones BBC History Magazine In the second volume of his acclaimed
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play One of the finest historical adventure films ever made The War Lord dramatises with uncommon intelligence & integrity the brutality difficulties & injustices of the Middle Ages Charlton Heston (Ben Hur Touch of Evil The Ten Commandments) stars as Chrysagon an honoured knight who takes over a castle tower in the swampland of Normandy to strengthen his duke&s authority But his struggles to maintain power in the face of Pagan villagers barbarian attackers & his brother&s jealous counsel are shaken by his growing weariness with bloodshed in a cruel world Never before released for home viewing in the UK this collaboration between OSCAR-winning director Franklin J Schaffner & the legendary Charlton Heston three years before their iconic reunion on Planet of the Apes is a gripping saga of ferocious battles heartfelt emotion & powerful storytelling Actors Charlton Heston Richard Boone Rosemary Forsyth Maurice Evans Guy Stockwell Niall Mac Ginnis James Farentino Henry Wilcoxon Sammy Ross Woodrow Parfrey John Alderson Allen Jaffe Michael Conrad Dal Jenkins & Johnny Jensen Director Franklin J Schaffner Certificate PGYear 1965 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 56 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Stationed in England during World War II Buzz Rickson (Mc Queen) is the bravest Air Force pilot in his squadron & the most reckless His maniacal quest for thrills takes him to the brink of destruction during the B-17 bombing raids on Germany But while Buzz&s daredevil heroics win the grudging respect of his crew his rebellious attitude alienates everyone except his co-pilot Ed Bolland (Robert Wagner) ...

A spellbinding children's story from from War Horse author & former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo
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The dwarves have gone to battle & they have been victorious But outside the realm dark forces are working A secret army of Orcs made immortal by the hidden powers of the Black Water now marches towards Girdlegard set to unleash its fury upon the kingdom Sooner than they realise Tungdil & his comrades will need to summon all their courage to do battle against this bloodthirsty horde The Orcs are not the only threat An unspeakable new power is growing & threatens the very existence of the dwarves But both enemies have forgotten one very important truth a dwarf is never more dangerous than when total obliteration seems inevitable ...

' The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism & the West vividly told in an exciting & engrossing book' Sunday Express Only three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation war came again to Malaya The Chinese-backed guerrillas called it the War of the Running Dogs
- their contemptuous term for those in Malaya who remained loyal to the British The British Government referred to this bloody & costly struggle as the ' Malayan Emergency' Yet it was a war that lasted twelve years & cost thousands of lives By the time it was over Malaya had obtained its independence
- but on British not on Chinese or Communist terms Here is the war as it was Here are the planters & their wives on their remote rubber estates the policemen the generals & the soldiers the Malays Chinese & Indians of a polyglot country all fighting an astute ruthless & well organized enemy

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The War of the Spanish Succession fought between 1701 & 1714 to decide who should inherit the Spanish throne was a conflict on an unprecedented scale stretching across most of western Europe the high seas & the Americas Yet this major subject is not well known & is little understood That is why the publication of James Falkner's absorbing new study is so timely & important In a clear & perceptive narrative he describes & analyses the complex political manoeuvres & a series of military campaigns which also involved the threat posed by Ottoman Turks in the east & Sweden & Russia in the north Fighting took place not just in Europe but in the Americas & Canada & on the high seas All European powers large & small were involved
- France Spain Great Britain Holland Austria & Portugal were the major players The end result of eleven years of outright war was a French prince firmly established on the throne in Madrid & a division of the old Spanish empire More notably though French power previously so dominant was curbed for almost ninety years
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Harper Collins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved essential classics For a time I believed that mankind had been swept out of existence & that I stood there alone the last man left alive When a strange meteor-like object lands in the heart of England the inhabitants of Earth find themselves victims of a terrible attack A ruthless race of Martians armed with heat rays & poisonous smoke is intent on destroying everything that stands in its way As the unnamed hero struggles to find his way across decimated wastelands the fate of the planet hangs in the balance H G Wells was a pioneer of modern science fiction First serialised in the UK in 1897 The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest stories to depict conflict with an extraterrestrial race & has influenced countless adaptations & sequels ...

' Cities nations civilization progress-it's all over That game's up We're beat' One of the most important & influential invasion narratives ever written The War of the Worlds (1897) describes the coming of the Martians who land in Woking & make their way remorselessly towards the capital wreaking chaos death & destruction The novel is closely associated with anxiety about a possible invasion of Great Britain at the turn of the century & concerns about imperial expansion & its impact & it drew on the latest astronomical knowledge to imagine a desert planet Mars turning to Earth for its future The Martians are also evolutionarily superior to mankind ...

HG Wells' classic story of Martian invasion is vividly retold in this exciting addition to the Young Reading series The action-packed text is complimented by David Miles' atmospheric illustrations A nail-biting account of one man's flight across a country ravaged by alien invaders that will keep young readers hooked Illustrations Full colour throughout ...