Author: Donald McCormick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Mystery of Lord Kitchener's Death
Author: Donald McCormick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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The Kitchener Enigma
Author: Trevor Royle
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750968877
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
In this critically acclaimed biography, now fully updated, Royle revises Kitchener's latter-day image as a stern taskmaster, the ultimate war lord, to reveal a caring man capable of displaying great loyalty and love to those close to him. New light is thrown on his Irish childhood, his years in the Middle East as a biblical archaeologist, his attachment to the Arab cause and on the infamous struggle with Lord Curzon over control of the army in India. In particular, Royle reassesses Kitchener's role in the Great War, presenting his phenomenally successful recruitment campaign – 'Your Country Needs You' – as a major contribution to the Allied victory and rehabilitating him as a brilliant strategist who understood the importance of fighting the war on multiple fronts.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750968877
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
In this critically acclaimed biography, now fully updated, Royle revises Kitchener's latter-day image as a stern taskmaster, the ultimate war lord, to reveal a caring man capable of displaying great loyalty and love to those close to him. New light is thrown on his Irish childhood, his years in the Middle East as a biblical archaeologist, his attachment to the Arab cause and on the infamous struggle with Lord Curzon over control of the army in India. In particular, Royle reassesses Kitchener's role in the Great War, presenting his phenomenally successful recruitment campaign – 'Your Country Needs You' – as a major contribution to the Allied victory and rehabilitating him as a brilliant strategist who understood the importance of fighting the war on multiple fronts.
Who Killed Kitchener?
Author: David Laws
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1785904922
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
In June 1916, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener set sail from Orkney on a secret mission to bolster the Russian war effort. Just a mile off land and in the teeth of a force 9 gale, HMS Hampshire suffered a huge explosion, sinking in little more than fifteen minutes. Crew and passengers numbered 749; only twelve survived. Kitchener's body was never found. Remembered today as the face of the famous First World War recruitment drive, at the height of his career Kitchener was fêted as Britain's greatest military hero since Wellington. By 1916, however, his star was in its descent. A controversial figure who did not make friends easily in Cabinet, he was considered by many to be arrogant, secretive and high-handed. From the moment his death was announced, rumours of a conspiracy began to flourish, with the finger pointed variously at the Bolsheviks, Irish nationalist saboteurs and even the British government. Using newly released files kept secret for almost 100 years, former Cabinet minister David Laws unravels the true story behind the demise of this complex figure, debunking the conspiracy theories and revealing the crucial blunders that the government and military sought to cover up. The result is the definitive account of an event that shook the country and which has been shrouded in mystery ever since.
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1785904922
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
In June 1916, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener set sail from Orkney on a secret mission to bolster the Russian war effort. Just a mile off land and in the teeth of a force 9 gale, HMS Hampshire suffered a huge explosion, sinking in little more than fifteen minutes. Crew and passengers numbered 749; only twelve survived. Kitchener's body was never found. Remembered today as the face of the famous First World War recruitment drive, at the height of his career Kitchener was fêted as Britain's greatest military hero since Wellington. By 1916, however, his star was in its descent. A controversial figure who did not make friends easily in Cabinet, he was considered by many to be arrogant, secretive and high-handed. From the moment his death was announced, rumours of a conspiracy began to flourish, with the finger pointed variously at the Bolsheviks, Irish nationalist saboteurs and even the British government. Using newly released files kept secret for almost 100 years, former Cabinet minister David Laws unravels the true story behind the demise of this complex figure, debunking the conspiracy theories and revealing the crucial blunders that the government and military sought to cover up. The result is the definitive account of an event that shook the country and which has been shrouded in mystery ever since.
Here are Mysteries
Author: John Gilbert Lockhart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Kitchener
Author: Philip Warner
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304367207
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Kitchener is one of the most successful, and controversial, generals in the history of the British Empire. Uncovering new material, this title is the definitive biography of the iconic general. Originally published: London: Hamilton, 1985.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304367207
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Kitchener is one of the most successful, and controversial, generals in the history of the British Empire. Uncovering new material, this title is the definitive biography of the iconic general. Originally published: London: Hamilton, 1985.
The Independent
Author: Leonard Bacon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 758
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 758
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The Independent
Author: William Livingston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
National and English Review
Author:
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
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The National Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description
A Quantum Murder
Author: Peter F. Hamilton
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780812555240
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Peter F. Hamilton returns to the future world of Mindstar Rising with an engrossing new adventure of Greg Mandel, a freelance operative whose telepathic abilities give him a crucial edge in the high-tech world of the twenty-first century. Professor Edward Kitchener, a double Nobel laureate researching quantum cosmology for the powerful Event Horizon conglomerate, has been savagely murdered. But was he the victim of industrial espionage, personal revenge, or a crime of passion by one of his handpicked team of live-wire students? Event Horizon needs to know, and fast, so Greg Mandel, PSI-boosted veteran of the infamous Mindstar Battalion, must embark on an urgent investigation that ultimately leads him to an astounding confrontation with a past, which, according to the dead man's theories, might never have happened.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780812555240
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Peter F. Hamilton returns to the future world of Mindstar Rising with an engrossing new adventure of Greg Mandel, a freelance operative whose telepathic abilities give him a crucial edge in the high-tech world of the twenty-first century. Professor Edward Kitchener, a double Nobel laureate researching quantum cosmology for the powerful Event Horizon conglomerate, has been savagely murdered. But was he the victim of industrial espionage, personal revenge, or a crime of passion by one of his handpicked team of live-wire students? Event Horizon needs to know, and fast, so Greg Mandel, PSI-boosted veteran of the infamous Mindstar Battalion, must embark on an urgent investigation that ultimately leads him to an astounding confrontation with a past, which, according to the dead man's theories, might never have happened.