Charge! - The Interesting Bits of Military History

Zusatztext 'It's a great collection of really interesting titbits! anecdotes! drunken generals! circular boats! and a war allegedly started by a bit of pastry' Informationen zum Autor Justin Pollard read Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge. He is a historical writer and consultant in film and TV. His credits include Elizabeth and Atonement and the BBC TV drama The Tudors, as well as more than twenty-five documentary series such as Channel 4's Time Team. He is a writer and researcher for QI, and the author of seven books including THE INTERESTING BITS, CHARGE!, SECRET BRITAIN and BOFFINOLOGY. Huzzah! A cornucopia of military blunders from one of the writers of QI Zusammenfassung Huzzah! A cornucopia of military blunders from one of the writers of QI

Bericht

'The book is both factually interesting and comical, illustrating the sometimes monumental mistakes that have decided wars for centuries while revealing some truly enthralling pieces of military history' Catholic Herald, Christian Cudd

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Justin Pollard
• Verlag: John Murray
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 06.08.2009
• EAN: 9780719523144
• ISBN: 978-0-7195-2314-4
• Seiten: 288
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 200 mm x 65 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Comic, Cartoon, Humor, Satire; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HUMOR / Topic / History, Humour, Non fiction: military history