I want you to do yourself proud Joey You go & drive those Germans back where they've come from & then come home to me At the outbreak of World War one Joey young Albert's beloved horse is sold to the cavalry & shipped to France Caught up in enemy fire fate takes Joey on an extraordinary odyssey serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man's land But Albert cannot forget Joey & still not old enough to enlist he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him & bring him home Nick Stafford's adaptation for the stage of the celebrated novel by the Children's Laureate (2003-05) Michael Morpurgo leads us on a gripping journey through history War Horse premiered at the National Theatre London in October 2007 ...

War Horse (Set of 6) These warhorses will make the perfect addition to any medieval buff's collection A knight wearing a Italian bascient with heavy steel plate armour with gold detailing sits atop a armoured destrier which also has gold detailing on the decorative reins & the head guard while the barding has ornate detail above the chainmail providing the horse with a great amount of protection during battle This striking figurine is cast in the finest resin before being carefully hand painted Medieval War Horse & Armoured Rider Figurines Silver & Gold colour scheme Cast in high-quality resin Painstakingly h&-painted ...

Track Listings Disc 1 1 Devon At Peace (with narration) 2 Only Remembered (with narration) 3 Albert & Joey (with narration) 4 Rolling Home (with narration) 5 First Gallop 6 We&re At War! (with narration) 7 The Scarlet & The Blue 8 Captain Nicholls (with narration) 9 The Promise (with narration) 10 Very Nasty Indeed 11 Salisbury Plain (with narration) 12 Crossing The Channel 13 Goodbye Dolly Gray 14 The Wounded (with narration) 15 Forward! (with narration) 16 First Charge (with narration) 17 Stand To 18 Trooper Warren (with narration) 19 Second Charge (with narration) Disc 2 1 The Field Hospital (with narration) 2 Emilie&s Theme 3 Sonnenschein (with narration) 4 Stille Nacht (with narration) 5 The Best Times (with narration) 6 The year Turns Round Again 7 The Gun Team (with narration) 8 Pulling The Gun (with narration) 9 Friedrich&s Theme (with narration) 10 Topthorn&s Death (with narration) 11 Into The Crater (with narration) 12 The Tank (with narration) 13 Joey&s Night (with narration) 14 No Man&s Land (with narration) 15 The Veterinary Hospital (with narration) 16 Albert & Joey Reunited (with narration) 17 The End Of The War (with narration) 18 From Emilie (with narration) 19 Devonshire Carol (with narration) 20 Only Remembered (Finale) Disc 3 1 Devon At Peace 2 Only Remembered 3 Albert & Joey 4 Rolling Home 5 First Gallop 6 The Scarlet & The Blue 7 The Promise 8 Very Nasty Indeed 9 Crossing The Channel 10 Goodbye Dolly Gray 11 The Wounded 12 First Charge 13 Stand To 14 Second Charge 15 The Field Hospital 16 Emilie&s Theme 17 Sonnenschein 18 Stille Nacht 19 The Year Turns Round Again 20 Pulling The Gun 21 Friedrich&s Theme 22 Topthorn&s Death 23 Into The Crater 24 The Tank 25 Joey&s Night 26 Albert & Joey Reunited 27 From Emilie 28 Devonshire Carol 29 Only Remembered (Finale) ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play From director Steven Spielberg comes “ War Horse” an epic adventure for audiences of all ages Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England & Europe during the First World War “ War Horse” begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey & a young man called Albert who tames & trains him When they are forcefully parted the film follows Joey’s the extraordinary journey as he moves through the war changing & inspiring the lives of all those he meets – British cavalry German soldiers & a French farmer & his granddaughter – before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man’s Land The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse – an odyssey of joy & sorrow passionate friendship & high adventure “ War Horse” is one of the great stories of friendship & war – a best-selling book by author Michael Morpurgo it was turned into an award-winning stage production & now comes to screen in an epic adaptation by one of the great directors in film history ...

Before the Steven Spielberg film before the National Theatre production there was the classic children's novel In the deadly chaos of the First World War one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches Bombarded by artillery with bullets knocking riders from his back Joey tells a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving in terrible times One horse has the seen the best & the worst of humanity The power of war & the beauty of peace This is his story War Horse was adapted by Steven Spielberg as a major motion picture with Jeremy Irvine Emily Watson & Benedict Cumberbatch The National Theatre production opened in 2007 & has enjoyed successful runs in the West End & on Broadway A great way of introducing young readers to the realities of WWI Look out for Morpurgo's other war fiction including Friend or Foe Waiting for Anya King of the Cloud Forests & An Eagle in the Snow War Horse is a story of universal suffering for a universal audience by a writer who has the happy knack of speaking to both child & adult readers' (The Guardian) Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children & won the Whitbread Award the Smarties Award the Circle of Gold Award the Children's Book Award & has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play No one is a better soldier than Pvt Raymond Endore (John Saxon) at least in his own mind Stationed in Korea as the conflict between the United States & the divided peninsula is coming to an end Endore sleeps while his platoon works to gear up for his nightly patrols of the area These patrols used to bring vital information but now they have become a nightly ritual for Endore to slash the throats of suspected enemies tolerated by a Captain (Charles Aidman) who fears Endore&s unstable nature A Korean war orphan (Tommy Matsuda) befriends Endore as well as an idealistic soldier (Robert Redford) & these two soldiers must decide the fate of the child as the ceasefire is announced Madness in men during their tour of duty a subject also at the heart of Hell Is For Heroes & Attack! is the focus of this brutal 1961 war drama Redford in his film debut offers a strong counterpart to the criminally underrated John Saxon (who would go on to a career of character work) who gives a stunning performance as a killer who only seems at peace after taking the life of another victim ...

First published over thirty years ago War in European History is a brilliantly written survey of the changing ways that war has been waged in Europe from the Norse invasions to the present day Far more than a simple military history the book serves as a succinct & enlightening overview of the development of European society as a whole over the last millennium From the Norsemen & the world of the medieval knights through to the industrialized mass warfare of the twentieth century Michael Howard illuminates the way in which warfare has shaped the history of the Continent its effect on social & political institutions & the ways in which technological & social change have in turn shaped the way in which wars are fought This new edition

Includes:: a fully updated further reading & a new final chapter bringing the story into the twenty-first century including the invasion of Iraq & the so-called ' War against Terror'

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The bestselling diaries of WWII in Tuscany with a new introduction by writer & social historian Virginia Nicholson & stunning ...

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