Autobiography: historical, political & military books

23598 books were found.

The 2nd Maori War: 1860-1861

The 2nd Maori War: 1860-1861

Author: Robert Carey
ISBN: 9781846773594
Format: Paperback
$23.29

One of Queen Victoria's 'little wars' to build the British Empire The Second Maori War, or First Taranaki War,...  Read More >>

Tigers Along the Tigris: The Leicestershire Regiment in Mesopotamia During the First World War

Tigers Along the Tigris: The Leicestershire Regiment...

Author: E J Thompson
ISBN: 9781846773662
Format: Paperback
$25.88

Experiences with a famous county regiment in Iraq during the First World War Beyond the attrition of the Western...  Read More >>

Napoleon and His Marshals: the Men of the First Empire

Napoleon and His Marshals: the Men of the First Empire...

Author: J T Headley
ISBN: 9781846773686
Format: Paperback
$43.99

An Emperor and the men who made his empire Headley's monumental work on the men who fought for, won, held and lost...  Read More >>

Colborne: A Singular Talent for War: The Napoleonic Wars Career of One of Wellington's Most Highly Valued Officers in Egypt, Holland, Italy, the Peninsula and at Waterloo

Colborne: A Singular Talent for War: The Napoleonic...

Author: John Colborne
ISBN: 9781846773457
Format: Paperback
$50.13

The military career of the Duke of Wellingtons champion There have been few British soldiers during the Napoleonic...  Read More >>

Distinguished Service: Lydia Chapin Kirk, Partner in Diplomacy, 1896-1984

Distinguished Service: Lydia Chapin Kirk, Partner in...

Author: Lydia Kirk
ISBN: 9780815608912
Format: Hardback
$60.59

A historical memoir that offers a portrait of a remarkable life, told first from the perspective of a young girl...  Read More >>

Well Satisfied with My Position: The Civil War Journal of Spencer Bonsall

Well Satisfied with My Position: The Civil War Journal...

Author: Spencer Bonsall ,  Michael A. Flannery
ISBN: 9780809327706
Format: Hardback
$73.79

Offers an account of army life during the Civil War's Peninsula Campaign and Battle of Fredericksburg. This book...  Read More >>

Four Letters to the Witnesses of My  Childhood

Four Letters to the Witnesses of My Childhood

Author: Helena Ganor
ISBN: 9780815608691
Format: Hardback
$52.67

A Holocaust memoir of Helena Ganor that narrates her story through a series of letters to the significant people...  Read More >>

University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett and the Founding of the Rice Institute

University Builder: Edgar Odell Lovett and the Founding...

Author: John B. Boles
ISBN: 9780807132753
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Rice University, one of America’s preeminent institutions of higher education, grew out of the vision, direction,...  Read More >>

Soldiering for Glory: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Frank Schaller, Twenty-Second Mississippi Infantry

Soldiering for Glory: The Civil War Letters of Colonel...

Author: Mary W. Schaller ,  Martin N. Schaller
ISBN: 9781570037016
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Presents an ambitious German commander's views of military life and courtship in the Confederacy. This work reveals...  Read More >>

Bradley

Bradley

Author: Alan Axelrod ,  William Hughes (Professor of Gothic Studies at Bath Spa University)
ISBN: 9781433205392
Format: Audio
$79.07

"Known by his troops in World War II as ""The Soldier's General"" because of his care of and compassion for the...  Read More >>

Napoleon and His Marshals: the Men of the First Empire

Napoleon and His Marshals: the Men of the First Empire...

Author: J T Headley
ISBN: 9781846773679
Format: Hardback
$69.86

An Emperor and the men who made his empire Headley's monumental work on the men who fought for, won, held and lost...  Read More >>

Sergeant Morris of the 73rd Foot: The Experiences of a British Infantryman During the Napoleonic Wars-Including Campaigns in Germany and at Waterloo

Sergeant Morris of the 73rd Foot: The Experiences of...

Author: Professor Thomas Morris
ISBN: 9781846773501
Format: Hardback
$49.16

A unique and exceptional account of the British Army on campaign against Napoleon Most British military memoirs...  Read More >>

A Voice from Waterloo: the Personal Experiences of a British Cavalryman Who Became a Battlefield Guide and Authority on the Campaign of 1815

A Voice from Waterloo: the Personal Experiences of a...

Author: Edward Cotton
ISBN: 9781846773488
Format: Hardback
$51.75

Waterloo as told by one who fought and became one of its first historians The title of this book is doubly appropriate....  Read More >>

Hearts & Dragons: The 4th Royal Berkshire Regiment in France and Italy During the Great War, 1914-1918

Hearts & Dragons: The 4th Royal Berkshire Regiment in...

Author: Charles R M F Crutwell
ISBN: 9781846773617
Format: Hardback
$46.58

A British regiment in two campaigns during the Great War This is the story of a territorial regiment-the 4th Royal...  Read More >>

Tigers Along the Tigris: The Leicestershire Regiment in Mesopotamia During the First World War

Tigers Along the Tigris: The Leicestershire Regiment...

Author: E J Thompson
ISBN: 9781846773655
Format: Hardback
$46.58

Experiences with a famous county regiment in Iraq during the First World War Beyond the attrition of the Western...  Read More >>

Colborne: A Singular Talent for War: The Napoleonic Wars Career of One of Wellington's Most Highly Valued Officers in Egypt, Holland, Italy, the Peninsula and at Waterloo

Colborne: A Singular Talent for War: The Napoleonic...

Author: John Colborne
ISBN: 9781846773464
Format: Hardback
$51.75

The military career of the Duke of Wellingtons champion There have been few British soldiers during the Napoleonic...  Read More >>

Infantry Brigade: 1914-The Diary of a Commander of the 15th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division, British Army, During the Retreat from Mons

Infantry Brigade: 1914-The Diary of a Commander of the...

Author: Edward Gleichen
ISBN: 9781846773631
Format: Hardback
$46.58

The retreat from Mons by men from some of from Britain's finest county regiments The author of this book was a...  Read More >>

The 2nd Maori War: 1860-1861

The 2nd Maori War: 1860-1861

Author: Robert Carey
ISBN: 9781846773600
Format: Hardback
$43.99

One of Queen Victoria's 'little wars' to build the British Empire The Second Maori War, or First Taranaki War,...  Read More >>

Raphael Lemkin and the Struggle for the Genocide Convention

Raphael Lemkin and the Struggle for the Genocide Convention...

Author: John Cooper
ISBN: 9786611914547
Format: Electronic book text
$485.76

This book is the first complete biography of Raphael Lemkin, the father of the United Nations Genocide Convention,...  Read More >>

Slave Labor

Slave Labor

Author: Joel Berman ,  Adrian Van de Ree
ISBN: 9780977936076
Format: Hardback
$65.87

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Avioparille Otteita Raamatusta

Avioparille Otteita Raamatusta

Author: Hilkka Kontio
ISBN: 9789524980340
Format: Paperback
$76.33

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Muhammad: Islam's First Great General

Muhammad: Islam's First Great General

Author: Richard A. Gabriel
ISBN: 9780806138602
Format: Hardback
$65.87

That Muhammad succeeded as a prophet is undeniable; a prominent military historian now suggests that he might not...  Read More >>

A Soldier's Courage

A Soldier's Courage

Author: Janis W Galatas
ISBN: 9781419679520
Format: Paperback
$66.00

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In the Line of Fire

In the Line of Fire

Author: Pervez Musharraf
ISBN: 9781416553489
Format: Paperback
$39.60

In this unprecedented book, the president of one of the worlds most crucial nations offers his candid thoughts on...  Read More >>

A Cumbrian Copper: Recollections of a Top Detective

A Cumbrian Copper: Recollections of a Top Detective...

Author: Ray Huddart
ISBN: 9781904147404
Format: Paperback
$25.88

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