Roy Adkins
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Jane Austen, arguably the greatest novelist of the English language, lived from 1775 to 1817. Her fiction focuses on the gentry and aristocracy, and her heroines are young women looking for love. Yet the comfortable, tranquil country that she brilliantly devised is a complete contrast to the England in which she actually lived. Roy and Lesley Adkins vividly portray fascinating aspects of the daily lives of ordinary people, from forced marriages and...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Covering large fleet actions, the attempts to destroy the French invasion flotilla, many duels between pairs of ships and small groups of ships, and feats of daring, this title presents an account of the action-packed years of British naval history, during the period of 1800-15.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Just before dawn, 7th June 1917, huge underground mines were detonated beneath the German lines by the British army. It was the start of the Battle of Messines at the Ypres Salient: 'Then came the greatest miracle of all, for with the rose flush in the sky the whole bird chorus of morning came to life. Never, surely, did birds sing so - blackbird and thrush, lark, and black-cap and willow warbler, their notes pealed up as if each bird were struck...