Author: Charles Messenger
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1783835079
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The author explains how the tradition of loyalty to the regiment has served the British Army so well over the past 350 years and, in his vivid description of some of the major campaigns in which it has fought, shows what it was like at various times to have been an officer or a soldier in the British Army.
For Love of Regiment
Author: Charles Messenger
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 0850523710
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The author explains how the tradition of loyalty to the regiment has served the British Army so well over the past 350 years and, in his vivid description of some of the major campaigns in which it has fought, shows what it was like at various times to have been an officer or a soldier in the British Army.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 0850523710
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The author explains how the tradition of loyalty to the regiment has served the British Army so well over the past 350 years and, in his vivid description of some of the major campaigns in which it has fought, shows what it was like at various times to have been an officer or a soldier in the British Army.
A Monstrous Regiment of Women
Author: Laurie R. King
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1429936525
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Winner of the Nero Wolfe Award It is 1921 and Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology--is on the verge of acquiring a sizable inheritance. Independent at last, with a passion for divinity and detective work, her most baffling mystery may now involve Holmes and the burgeoning of a deeper affection between herself and the retired detective. Russell's attentions turn to the New Temple of God and its leader, Margery Childe, a charismatic suffragette and a mystic, whose draw on the young theology scholar is irresistible. But when four bluestockings from the Temple turn up dead shortly after changing their wills, could sins of a capital nature be afoot? Holmes and Russell investigate, as their partnership takes a surprising turn in A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King.
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1429936525
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Winner of the Nero Wolfe Award It is 1921 and Mary Russell--Sherlock Holmes's brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology--is on the verge of acquiring a sizable inheritance. Independent at last, with a passion for divinity and detective work, her most baffling mystery may now involve Holmes and the burgeoning of a deeper affection between herself and the retired detective. Russell's attentions turn to the New Temple of God and its leader, Margery Childe, a charismatic suffragette and a mystic, whose draw on the young theology scholar is irresistible. But when four bluestockings from the Temple turn up dead shortly after changing their wills, could sins of a capital nature be afoot? Holmes and Russell investigate, as their partnership takes a surprising turn in A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. King.
A Soldier's Story of His Regiment (61st Georgia)
Author: G. W. Nichols
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781477512227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Originally published in 1898, this is the account and history of the 61st Georgia Infantry by one of it's privates.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781477512227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Originally published in 1898, this is the account and history of the 61st Georgia Infantry by one of it's privates.
Down to the Sea
Author: William R. Forstchen
Publisher: Roc
ISBN: 9780451458063
Category : Imaginary wars and battles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It's been 20 years since the defeat of the alien Hordes, and the human Republic has been exploring and taming its new home. Lieutenant Michael O'Brien, pilot aboard the Republic Navy cruiser "Gettysburg", stumbles upon a fierce naval battle between warring factions of the Kazan -- cousins to the Hordes. O'Brien is captured, but refuses to divulge anything to the Kazan's high priest.
Publisher: Roc
ISBN: 9780451458063
Category : Imaginary wars and battles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
It's been 20 years since the defeat of the alien Hordes, and the human Republic has been exploring and taming its new home. Lieutenant Michael O'Brien, pilot aboard the Republic Navy cruiser "Gettysburg", stumbles upon a fierce naval battle between warring factions of the Kazan -- cousins to the Hordes. O'Brien is captured, but refuses to divulge anything to the Kazan's high priest.
Love Company
Author: Donald O. Dencker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780897452571
Category : Soldiers
Languages : da
Pages : 0
Book Description
Beretning om et amerikansk kompagni, "Company L, 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division", under angrebene på de japanske øe, Leyte og Okinava, under 2. Verdenskrig. Forfatteren gjorde selv kampene med, først som menig senere som sergent og var den ene ud af 7 overlevne fra det oprindelige kompagni.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780897452571
Category : Soldiers
Languages : da
Pages : 0
Book Description
Beretning om et amerikansk kompagni, "Company L, 382nd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division", under angrebene på de japanske øe, Leyte og Okinava, under 2. Verdenskrig. Forfatteren gjorde selv kampene med, først som menig senere som sergent og var den ene ud af 7 overlevne fra det oprindelige kompagni.
Rally Cry
Author: William R. Forstchen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780451450074
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Union Colonel Andrew Keane and his soldiers were swept through a space-time warp, they found themselves in an alternate world where their rifles were centuries advanced over swords, spears and crossbows. But they also found themselves up against creatures who considered humans mere cattle to sacrifice!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780451450074
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Union Colonel Andrew Keane and his soldiers were swept through a space-time warp, they found themselves in an alternate world where their rifles were centuries advanced over swords, spears and crossbows. But they also found themselves up against creatures who considered humans mere cattle to sacrifice!
Love Company
Author: John M. Khoury
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964061194
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964061194
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
One Gallant Rush
Author: Peter Burchard
Publisher: Saint Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 9780312046439
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Story of Shaw's life and his heroic command of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first Negro unit raised in the North in the Civil War.
Publisher: Saint Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 9780312046439
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Story of Shaw's life and his heroic command of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first Negro unit raised in the North in the Civil War.
Battle Hymn
Author: William R. Forstchen
Publisher: Roc
ISBN: 9780451452863
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A group of American Civil War soldiers are swept away from the battlefields of Earth to a distant alien world--where the only place for a human is an early grave! But the Union 35th Maine regiment embodies the radical ideas of freedom and democracy, and they're willing to lay down their lives to stop this alien reign of terror!
Publisher: Roc
ISBN: 9780451452863
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A group of American Civil War soldiers are swept away from the battlefields of Earth to a distant alien world--where the only place for a human is an early grave! But the Union 35th Maine regiment embodies the radical ideas of freedom and democracy, and they're willing to lay down their lives to stop this alien reign of terror!
The People's Act Of Love
Author: James Meek
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1847673759
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
1919, Siberia . . . Deep in the unforgiving landscape a town lies under military rule, awaiting the remorseless assault of Bolsheviks along the Trans-Siberian railway. One night a stranger, Samarin, appears from the woods with a tale of escape from an Arctic prison, insisting a cannibal is on his trail. Only Anna, a beautiful young widow, trusts his story. When a local shaman is found dead suspicion and terror engulf the isolated community, which harbours a secret of its own . . .
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1847673759
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
1919, Siberia . . . Deep in the unforgiving landscape a town lies under military rule, awaiting the remorseless assault of Bolsheviks along the Trans-Siberian railway. One night a stranger, Samarin, appears from the woods with a tale of escape from an Arctic prison, insisting a cannibal is on his trail. Only Anna, a beautiful young widow, trusts his story. When a local shaman is found dead suspicion and terror engulf the isolated community, which harbours a secret of its own . . .