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Soldiers

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Informationen zum Autor Richard Holmes was one of Britain’s most distinguished and eminent military historians and broadcasters. He was the author of many best-selling and widely acclaimed books including Redcoat, Tommy, Marlborough and Wellington, and famous for his BBC series. He served in the Territorial Army, and was Colonel of the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment from 1999 to 2007. Richard Holmes died suddenly in April 2011 from pneumonia. He had been suffering from non-Hodgkins’ Lymphoma. Klappentext The final landmark work of military history from the late Holmes! now in paperback. Holmes looks at the social history of the British soldier! from those who fought at Blenheim! to Waterloo! the Somme! Ulster! Bengal and the Afghan hills. '"Soldiers" is the perfect book to mark the end of Holmes's distinguished career... a pleasure and an education to read.' "Financial Times" Zusammenfassung From the redcoat who served Charles II to the modern! camouflage-clad guard at Camp Bastion! from battlefield to barrack-room! this is a magisterial social history of the British soldier.

Product details

Authors Richard Holmes
Publisher Harper Collins Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 27.09.2012
 
EAN 9780007225705
ISBN 978-0-00-722570-5
No. of pages 688
Dimensions 128 mm x 197 mm x 50 mm
Series HarperPress
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
Non-fiction book

European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, military history, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain

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