Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23596 books were found.

12 years a slave: Illustrated

12 years a slave: Illustrated

Author: Randy Decuir ,  Solomon Northup
ISBN: 9781481916783
Format: Paperback
$30.73

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America's Most Decorated Soldier in World War II

America's Most Decorated Soldier in World War II

Author: MR Robert W Boven
ISBN: 9780971210509
Format: Paperback
$36.96

Who really is America's most combat decorated soldier in World War II? For 35 years most people would have said...  Read More >>

Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena: The Remarkable Story of a Fallen Emperor and a Teenage Girl

Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena: The Remarkable...

Author: Elizabeth Balcombe ,  Mrs Abell
ISBN: 9781782820451
Format: Paperback
$34.32

The girl and the monarch Lucia Elizabeth (Betsy) Balcombe was born in 1802, the second child of William Balcombe,...  Read More >>

With the 29th Regiment in the Peninsula & the 60th Rifles in Canada, 1807-1832

With the 29th Regiment in the Peninsula & the 60th Rifles...

Author: Charles Leslie
ISBN: 9780857069757
Format: Paperback
$50.16

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Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena: The Remarkable Story of a Fallen Emperor and a Teenage Girl

Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena: The Remarkable...

Author: Elizabeth Balcombe ,  Elizabeth Balcombe
ISBN: 9781782820444
Format: Hardback
$43.99

The girl and the monarch Lucia Elizabeth (Betsy) Balcombe was born in 1802, the second child of William Balcombe,...  Read More >>

With the 29th Regiment in the Peninsula & the 60th Rifles in Canada, 1807-1832

With the 29th Regiment in the Peninsula & the 60th Rifles...

Author: Charles Leslie
ISBN: 9780857069740
Format: Hardback
$54.34

A rare eyewitness account of a British infantry officer with Wellington This book is a first rate eyewitness narrative...  Read More >>

A Photobiography of Father Denis O'Hara: The Pride of Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo, Ireland

A Photobiography of Father Denis O'Hara: The Pride of...

Author: Cynthia Bonardi Lawrence ,  Fordan Thomas Bonardi
ISBN: 9780615726670
Format: Hardback
$66.00

A Photobiography of Father Denis O'Hara by Cynthia Bonardi Lawrence and Fordan Thomas Bonardi, is a tribute to...  Read More >>

Forward: America's Presidents from Washington to Obama

Forward: America's Presidents from Washington to Obama...

Author: Q David Bowers ,  Dave Lifton
ISBN: 9780794837242
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Barack Obama's historic presidential election and his triumphant 2012 reelection are the backdrop to this dramatic...  Read More >>

Ancestors of Evanalyn Woodin

Ancestors of Evanalyn Woodin

Author: David Woodin
ISBN: 9781481838443
Format: Paperback
$79.17

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Collateral Kindness: The True Story of an Army Interrogator in Iraq

Collateral Kindness: The True Story of an Army Interrogator...

Author: Paul Holton
ISBN: 9781462110964
Format: Paperback
$34.29

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Two Americans: Truman, Eisenhower and a Dangerous World

Two Americans: Truman, Eisenhower and a Dangerous World...

Author: William Lee Miller
ISBN: 9780307742643
Format: Paperback
$47.52

From William Lee Miller, the highly regarded biographer of Abraham Lincoln, a riveting dual examination of Harry...  Read More >>

Crossing The Borders Of Time: A True Story of War, Exile and Love Reclaimed

Crossing The Borders Of Time: A True Story of War, Exile...

Author: Leslie Maitland
ISBN: 9781590515709
Format: Paperback
$79.07

On a pier in Marseille in 1942, with desperate refugees pressing to board one of the last ships to escape France...  Read More >>

The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen, and the King's Mother

The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen,...

Author: Philippa Gregory (University of Edinburgh) ,  David Baldwin, Ba
ISBN: 9781451629552
Format: Paperback
$50.13

Includes a reading group guide (p. [345-350]).  Read More >>

With Fire and Sword: The American Civil War Experiences of a Soldier of the 5th Iowa Infantry

With Fire and Sword: The American Civil War Experiences...

Author: S H M Byers
ISBN: 9781782820154
Format: Paperback
$23.29

The story of the 'last man standing' There are many military memoirs from hundreds of conflicts stretching back...  Read More >>

Fighting in Flanders: The Experiences of an American Journalist During the Opening Campaigns of the First World War in Europe

Fighting in Flanders: The Experiences of an American...

Author: E Alexander Powell
ISBN: 9781782820215
Format: Paperback
$25.88

The opening shots of a great conflict The German plan of attack in 1914 involved a giant 'hooking' movement commencing...  Read More >>

The Minnesota Massacre and Sioux War of 1862-63: A Personal Narrative of Plains Indians Warfare by a Soldier of the 6th Minnesota Regiment

The Minnesota Massacre and Sioux War of 1862-63: A Personal...

Author: A P Connolly
ISBN: 9781782820093
Format: Paperback
$39.60

An eyewitness account of Indian warfare during the American Civil War For anyone interested in the history of the...  Read More >>

The Swallow: The Experiences of an American Pilot of the Lafayette Escadrille During the First World War

The Swallow: The Experiences of an American Pilot of...

Author: Ruth Dunbar
ISBN: 9781782820178
Format: Paperback
$34.32

An uncompromising anti-war view of the First World War This book, first published in 1919, is indisputably a novel....  Read More >>

My War Diary: A Lady's Experience of the Great War in Europe 1914-1918

My War Diary: A Lady's Experience of the Great War in...

Author: Mary King Waddington
ISBN: 9781782820253
Format: Paperback
$28.46

The Great War in France-a lady's intimate view Mary King Waddington was born in New York City. She married a French...  Read More >>

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands: the Experiences of a Jamaican Nurse in South America and During the Crimean War

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands:...

Author: Mary Seacole
ISBN: 9781782820277
Format: Paperback
$25.88

An unsung heroine of the Crimean War The flickering light that emanated from Florence Nightingale's lamp penetrated...  Read More >>

Josephus

Josephus

Author: Norman Bentwich ,  Des Gahan
ISBN: 9781482008722
Format: Paperback
$21.09

Josephus hardly merits a place on his own account in a series of Jewish Worthies since neither as man of action...  Read More >>

Martin Luther King Jr.: A King Family Tribute

Martin Luther King Jr.: A King Family Tribute

Author: Angela Farris Watkins ,  Andrew Young
ISBN: 9781419702693
Format: Hardback
$50.03

Martin Luther King Jr.'s family comes together for the first time to share their reflections of the great civil...  Read More >>

The Swallow: The Experiences of an American Pilot of the Lafayette Escadrille During the First World War

The Swallow: The Experiences of an American Pilot of...

Author: Ruth Dunbar
ISBN: 9781782820161
Format: Hardback
$43.99

An uncompromising anti-war view of the First World War This book, first published in 1919, is indisputably a novel....  Read More >>

With Fire and Sword: The American Civil War Experiences of a Soldier of the 5th Iowa Infantry

With Fire and Sword: The American Civil War Experiences...

Author: S H M Byers
ISBN: 9781782820147
Format: Hardback
$43.99

The story of the 'last man standing' There are many military memoirs from hundreds of conflicts stretching back...  Read More >>

The Minnesota Massacre and Sioux War of 1862-63: A Personal Narrative of Plains Indians Warfare by a Soldier of the 6th Minnesota Regiment

The Minnesota Massacre and Sioux War of 1862-63: A Personal...

Author: A P Connolly
ISBN: 9781782820086
Format: Hardback
$46.58

An eyewitness account of Indian warfare during the American Civil War For anyone interested in the history of the...  Read More >>

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