This work is set in June 1815. On the eve of Waterloo a sense of finality & cautious hope pervade a nation wearied by decades of war. But peace will present its own challenge to Adam Bolitho captain of His Majesty's Ship Unrivalled as many of his contemporaries face the prospect of discharge. The life of a frigate captain is always lonely but for Adam mourning the death of his uncle Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho that solitude acquires a deeper poignancy. He is more than ever alone at the dawning of a new age for the Royal Navy where the only constants are the sea & those enemies often masked in the guise of friendship who conspire to destroy him. ...

One of only fifty infantry battalions to see action with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I the 58th nevertheless had no official history. Second to None tells the story of this important yet forgotten battalion. The soldiers who formed the 58th exemplified the ideal citizen soldiers & later evolved into the tough battle-savvy veterans who destroyed the cream of the German Imperial Army & won battle honours. The author uses the mens letters & diaries & family oral histories to amplify the terse account of the 58ths war diary bringing to life once more the men who paid the price for freedom. Kevin R. Shackleton lives with his family in Newmarket Ontario where he works as a senior associate advisor with RBC Investments. His life-long interest in the history of warfare included a course with Dr. Jack Hyatt while obtaining his MA at the University of Western Ontario. ...

Second to None: A Portrait of the Light Infantry concentrates on the Regiments 40 years of service to the Crown the Nation & to HM The Queen Mother its much-mourned Colonel-in-Chief. the book begins with the origins of the Light Infantry & its unique ethos recording its history from illustrious antecedent regiments through to the formation of The Rifles. It covers the activities of our battalions
- both Regular & Territorial
- & takes a good look inside the workings of the Regimental System with an examination of the parts played by Regimental Headquartes The Light Infantry Association The Bands The Light Infantry Cadets & the Families. All aspects of individual life are included. This is complemented by a section covering the wide variety of operations in which the Regiment took part.

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An omnibus edition of three of Ruth Rendells Wexford mysteries. They feature the discovery of sinister undercurrents when an apparently respectable woman is murdered evil letters that make unspoken imaginings a brutal reality & the killing of a girl in a gloomy London cemetery. ...

When a hurricane-chasing plane is downed on a Caribbean island TV meteorologist Perry Stuart barely escapes with his life. But he cant escape what he saw on the isl&--and if the people whove tracked him back to England have their way Stuart will have a zero percent chance of survival. ...

This is a brilliant new historical addition to the See Inside" series looking closely at the vehicles & major events that defined the Second World War as one of the most destructive wars in history. Lifting the flaps reveals the insides of some of the military vehicles used during campaigns including tanks fighter planes & aircraft carriers while others look in depth at life during the Blitz & the action on the beaches during the invasion of Normandy." ...

The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria & ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion of northern China. The war in Europe appeared completely divorced from the war in the Pacific & China & yet events on opposite sides of the world had profound effects. Using the most up-to-date scholarship & research & writing with clarity & compassion Beevor assembles the whole picture in a gripping narrative that extends from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific from the snowbound steppe to the North African Desert to the Burmese jungle SS Einsatzgruppen in the borderlands Gulag prisoners drafted into punishment battalions & to the unspeakable cruelties of the Sino-Japanese War. Moral choice forms the basis of all human drama & no other period in history has presented greater dilemmas both for leaders & ordinary people nor offered such examples of individual & mass tragedy the corruption of power politics ideological hypocrisy the egomania of commanders betrayal perversity self-sacrifice unbelievable sadism & unpredictable kindness. Although filling the broadest canvas on a heroic scale Beevor's THE SECOND WORLD WAR never loses sight of the fate of the ordinary soldiers & civilians whose lives were crushed by the titanic forces unleashed in this the most terrible war in history. A beautifully produced hardback edition with embossed jacket 53 black & white photographs & 25 maps. ...

A history of the Second World War that covers all the war fronts the fighting on land at sea & in the air the activities of resistance & partisan groups espionage secret intelligence strategy & tactics war leaders generals admirals & air marshals individual acts of heroism on all the war fronts & behind the lines the fate of prisoners of war the bombing of cities the submarine war & the aftermath of the war. ...

In this comprehensive history John Keegan explores both the technical & the human impact of the greatest war of all time. He focuses on five crucial battles & offers new insights into the distinctive methods & motivations of modern warfare. In knowledgable perceptive analysis of the airborne battle of Crete the carrier battle of Midway the tank battle of Falaise the city battle of Berlin & the amphibious battle of Okinawa Keegan illuminates the strategic dilemmas faced by the leaders & the consequences of their decisions on the fighting men & the course of the war as a whole. ...

The Second World War: The Complete Illustrated History" covers the whole six-year global conflagration that shattered & then re-shaped the world. From the German blitzkrieg against Poland in September 1939 to the surrender of Japan following the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki almost exactly six years later. Written by the leading Second World War historian Richard Overy each spread introduces another fascinating aspect of this world-encompassing conflict. We are taken to all corners of the globe from the Battle of the River Plate in the South Atlantic Ocean to the bloody battles fought over the Solomon Islands & New Guinea just off the northern tip of Australia to the German occupation of Norway in the North & the Allied invasion of Madagascar in the south Indian Ocean. 2009 marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the Second World War & the outstanding text & photographic documentation of this title will appeal to all sectors of the military history market: from youngsters drawn to the subject for the first time to aficionados." ...