ARTHUR, MAX - The True Glory. The Royal Navy: 1914-1939

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London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340623012). Hard Cover. Book and dustjacket in very good condition, both very slightly bumped at spine ends. xii, 292pp, including Chronology of Naval Events 1914-1939 and Index. With 29 black-and-white photographs. The author interviewed survivors of the First World War Royal Navy - Jutland, Gallipoli, Zeebrugge, Q ships, K boats and flying in the RNAS. Vivid accounts from the men who fought at Jutland, and from two privates of the Royal Naval Division who tell of the horrors of trench fighting at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. A Royal Marine officer reveals details of the mutiny of his men during the 1919 North Russian campaign against the Bolsheviks. There is action in China. The book ends at the start of the Second World War with the sinking of the Royal Oak and the heroic fight by the Exeter, Ajax and Achilles at the Battle of the River Plate. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 14.50GBP [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 22.58 | JP¥ 2018] Booknumber: 6868

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