1415 was a year of religious persecution, personal suffering and one horrendous battle Agincourt. This is the story of that year, as seen over the shoulder of its most cold-hearted, most ambitious and most celebrated hero Henry V. The dramatic event of 1415 are recorded here on a day-to-day basis.Bodley Head, 2009; 640 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 16,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 52 %
The Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 was one of the decisive battles in British history. The bitter hostility between England and Scotland which had continued since 1296, the contrasting characters of the opposing commanders Edward II and Robert the Bruce, the strategy of the campaign and the tactics of he battle itself - all these elements combine to make the event one of absorbing and lasting interest.Pen and Sword, 2008; 174 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 17,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 50 %
On 16 December 1944, Hitler launched a massive surprise attack on the Allies. The Battle of the Bulge had begun. Had Hitler's gambit succeeded, a German victory in the war would have certainly been possible, if not likely. Battle of the Bulge - Hitler's Alternate Scenarios explores this idea, revealing exactly how history could have been dramatically altered.Greenhill Books, 2004; 256 pp.; EN; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 34,95 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
The US-backed military invasion of Cuba in 1962 remains one of the most ill-fated military blunders in American history, with echoes of the event reverberating even today. Drawing on long-hidden CIA documents, Rasenberger takes a closer look at this darkly fascinating incident in American history, in particular tracing what Kennedy knew, thought, and said as the events unfolded.Scribner, 2011; 460 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 32,00 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 61 %
The conflagration that consumed Europe in August 1914 had been a long time in coming, and yet it need never have happened at all, argues the author. For though the European powers were prepared to accept war as a resolution to the tensions fermenting across the Continent, Germany deliberately chose war over other options on 3 key occasions. Butler interweaves the events of the summer of 1914 with portraits of monarchs, diplomats and other leaders.Casemate, 2010; 330 pp.; EN; index; hbhb €
Winston Churchill rages against time and his own mortality in this tumultuous political drama of his last 10 years of public life, following WWII. I'm an obstinate pig is how he described himself. Two months after Hitler's defeat, Churchill was hurled from power by the British electorate. This book chronicles how, when it seemed impossible, he fought his way back over the next 6 years to become prime minister once more.Harper, 2010; 355 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 26,99 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
Jennet Conant here brings us a stunning account of Julia and Paul Child's experiences as members of the Office of Strategic Services -OSS- in the Far East during WWII. Here too are the tumultuous years when they, with their cohort Jane Foster, were caught up in Joseph McCarthy's spy hunt in the 1950s and behaved with bravery and honour. This is a fascinating portrait of idealistic men and women who were recruited by the citizen spy service and dispatched to wage political warfare in remote outposts.Simon and Schuster, 2011; 395 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 28,00 Voor/Our Price € 10,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 61 %
The British Navy's failed attempt to capture Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia in 1915 marked a turning point of WWI. Acclaimed naval military historian Van der Vat argues that the disaster at the Dardanelles not only prolonged the war for 2 years and brought Britain to the brink of starvation, but also led to the Russian Revolution and contributed to the rapid destabilization of the Middle East.Overlook, 2009; 226 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 19,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 55 %
Illustrated with personal photos throughout, this history of the D-Day invasion at Normandy is based on a new international archive of previously unpublished letters, diaries, and reminiscences by Americans, Canadians, and Britons -paratroopers, RAF, Merchant Navy a.o.- as well as recently unearthed German material.Pen and Sword, 2004; 256 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 30,00 Voor/Our Price € 10,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
On April 30, 1943, the body of a Royal Marine Major washed ashore on the south-western coast of Spain, part of an incredible plot -codenamed Mincemeat- to mislead the German High Command about the Allies' impending Mediterranean invasion. What made this ruse unique and macabre was that the Major was actually a deceased Welsh laborer, who drifted ahore carrying false documents indicating that the Allies were set to launch an attack on Greece, rather than Sicily.Oxford, 2010; 367 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 29,95 Voor/Our Price € 11,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
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