Andrews, Russell

Gideon

VGC. Little, Brown & Co, 1999. First UK edition-first printing. Black hardback(blue lettering to the spine, small nicks and light shelf wear on the cover) with Dj(watermark on the inner and outer edge of the Dj cover, very small tear on the edge of the back Dj cover, small nicks, creases and scratch on the Dj cover), both in VGC. Nice and clean pages with ink mark, nick and light shelf wear on the outer edges, some damp damage on the edges of the pages, small nicks and creases on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC except for the watermark on the Dj cover and the damp damage on the edge of some of the pages. 435pp. Price un-clipped. Review: Gideon is a high-concept political thriller by Russell Andrews (the pen name of a partnership between book editor Peter Gethers and mystery novelist David Handler). n nWhen a promising New York writer named Carl Granville is paid a quarter of a million dollars to produce a novel called Gideon, he thinks it's his lucky break. The book is to be based on the material of an old diary--which Carl is allowed to look at, although certain dates and names have been blacked out. The diary and novel involve a 10-year-old Southern boy who killed his brain-damaged baby brother. Carl, baffled but glad of the huge payoff, gets on with translating the diary into a bestseller. But when the editor who commissioned the book is murdered, and nobody at the publishing house knows anything about the Gideon project, the writer realizes that sinister forces are at large. Just to add to his troubles, Granville is accused of the editor's murder and is forced to go on the run to escape the FBI and an assassin. His only chance for clearing his name is to reveal who wrote the decades-old journal. n nGideon is an invigorating read with a remarkably fresh plot and a highly likable and believable protagonist. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780316850438

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Boeknummer: 962

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Arthur, Max

Forgotten Voices of the Great War: A New History of WWI in the Words of the M...

Mint condition. This edition published by Ted Smart, 2002. First Ted Smart edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Pictorial hardback with Dj(a couple of small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover), both in mint condition. Illustrated inside the front and back cover, b/w photos. The book is new with two small nicks on the edges of the pages, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 331pp including Index of contributors, general index. Price un-clipped. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 9780091882099

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Boeknummer: 893

Catalogus: History : Europe

Trefwoorden: Personal narratives World 1914 1918 Sources Oral : 9780091882099

Asher, Michael

Get Rommel: The Secret British Mission To Kill Hitler's Greatest General: The SAS Mission to Kill Hitler's Greatest General

Mint condition. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004. First edition-first printing. Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(some scratches on the back of the Dj cover), both in mint condition. Illustrated with b/w photos, maps. The book is new with a ink mark on the outer edge of the pages, light shelf wear on the back of the Dj cover. 303pp including Sources, notes, index. Price un-clipped. First edition. About the Author:Michael Asher served in the Parachute Regiment and SAS. A fluent Arab speaker, he has lived for years among the Bedouin peoples. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, his published books include SHOOT TO KILL (1990), THESIGER: A BIOGRAPHY (1994) and an acclaimed biography of Lawrence of Arabia. New/As New. ISBN: 9780297846857

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Boeknummer: 959

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Avey, Denis

The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz: The Extraordinary True Story (Extraordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories of World War Two)

Near fine condition. Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. First UK edition-3rd printing (3). Black hardback (silver lettering to the spine) with Dj (a couple of small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new with two small creases and nick on the edges of the pages. 266pp including Foreword. Price un-clipped. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9781444714166

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Boeknummer: 12191

Catalogus: History : Europe

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Barker, Juliet

Conquest: The English Kingdom of France 1417-1450

VGC. Little, Brown, 2009. First UK edition-2nd reprint. Grey hardback(some nicks, creases and light shelf wear on the cover and spine, silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(small nicks and crease on the edges of the pages), both in VGC. Illustrated with colour drawings, maps. Nice and clean pages with a small mark on the outer edges, some creases and slight damp damage on the edges of some of the pages. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear. 500pp including Notes to the text, family trees, notes, bibliography, chronology of key events, index. Price un-clipped. Heavy book(approx 1. 2 Kg). Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9781408700839

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Boeknummer: 6769

Catalogus: History : Europe

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Biddle, Martin

King Arthur's Round Table: An Archaeological Investigation

Mint condition. The Boydell Press, 2000. First paperback edition. Paperback(two small nicks on the edges of the cover) in mint condition. Illustrated with many colour, b/w plates, drawings, plans, diagrams. 564pp including list of colour plates, abbreviations, figures and tables, Appendices 1 & 2, index. Heavy book(approx. 1, 4 Kg). First paperback edition Product Description: The vast wooden disk known as King Arthur's Round Table has hung on the wall of the great Hall of Winchester Castle for six hundred years. But what is it? Was it ever a table? When was it made? Why is it hanging on the wall? When was it painted with the famous image it now bears? And why at Winchester? In 1976 the Round Table was taken down from the wall and thoroughly examined by a team of historians and scientists assembled by Martin Biddle, and its history began to emerge. Built in the reign of Edward I, it was probably the centrepiece of a feast held at Winchester after a forgotten tournament celebrating marriage plans for the king's children; Edward III, founder of the Order of the Garter, had the top hung up in the castle hall as a symbol of his interest in the chivalric idea of the company of Arthur's Round Table; Henry VIII had it painted and used the figure of Arthur to support his claim to be arbiter of European power. This most enigmatic of objects at last yields up these and other secrets to scientific analysis and historical deduction. Fine. ISBN: 9780851156262

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Boeknummer: 1344

Catalogus: History : Europe

Trefwoorden: arthurian legend bards minstrels epics historical dimensions and perspectives magic carpet ride nonfiction Arthur's : 9780851156262

Books, Helicon

The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of the Renaissance

Mint condition. Helicon Books , 1999. First UK edition-first printing. Large format tan hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in mint condition. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos, drawings, maps, tables. The book is new with two small creases on the edges of the pages. 443pp including List of maps, list of genealogies, list of contributors, A-Z entries, thematic index. Price un-clipped. Heavy book(approx 1. 3 Kg). Product Description: A companion to the cultural history of Europe from the 14th to 16th century. Major figures and events are included and their links to the period's culture are made clear, ensuring that the artistic activity is seen in its true context. As New/Fine. ISBN: 9781859862698

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Boeknummer: 2561

Catalogus: History : Europe

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Bradford, Ernle

Sword and the Scimitar: Saga of the Crusades

VGC. Victor Gollancz, 1974. First edition. Large format green hardback(gilt illustration on the front cover, gilt lettering to the spine, small nick on the edge of the back cover) with Dj(very small tear, a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated inside the front and back cover, full colour, b/w photos, maps, drawings. Nice and clean pages but with a pen mark on the outer edges, two small creases on the edge of the pages. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 240pp including List of colour plates, maps of crusades, bibliography, index. Price un-clipped. Heavy book. Product Description: For nearly two centuries, from 1096 until 1291, a tide of pilgrims, knights, men-at-arms, priests, traders and peasants swept from Western Europe to the Levant - Crusaders whose common aim was to recover the Holy Place of Christendom. The Sword and the Scimitar is a saga of one of the most fanatical religious wars in world history. It is a story abounding with highly distinctive personalities - popes, saints, kings, sultans and heroes like Saladin and Richard Coeur de Lion, of the encounter of two great cultures and their cross-fertilization. It tells of the three great Military Orders, the Knights Hospitaller of St John, the Teutonic Knights and the Knights Templar. It does not disguise the savagery that accompanied the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders or the scenes of fire and carnage when the Kingdom of Jerusalem fell nearly two centuries later, and the markets of the East were so flooded with Christian slaves that a young Frankish woman might be sold for one silver coin. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780575018822

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Boeknummer: 2267

Catalogus: History : Europe

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Brokaw, Tom

The Greatest Generation

Fine condition. Delta/Dell Publishing, 2001. First edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Paperback(small nick and a scratch on the cover)in fine condition. Illustrated with b/w photos. The book is new with two nicks on the outer edges of the pages, small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first page of the book. 448pp. Fine. ISBN: 9780385334624

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Boeknummer: 2539

Catalogus: History : Europe

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Chalfont, Alun

Montgomery of Alamein

VGC. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976. First edition. The book is accompanied with an old photo of Montgomery of Alamein, with a message and his printed signature. Brown hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(small tear on the edge of the back Dj cover, a couple of nicks, creases and scratch on the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos, maps. Nice and clean pages with two small ink marks, nick and slightly tainted on the outer edges, small ink mark on the edge of the pages. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear. Price un-clipped. 375pp including list of illustrations, maps, selected bibliography and index, A collectable first edition. Review: A timely and judicious biography of Bernard Montgomery, the British WW II commander, written without recourse to Monty's private papers but providing astute appraisals of the man's character and his modus operandi. The battle descriptions per se are least notable: Chalfont points out the material superiority of the British in North Africa and Montgomery's failure to destroy Rommel as the Germans retreated, while the Overlord invasion of occupied Europe is discussed chiefly by way of the bickerings within the Allied command. Full due is given to the troops' affectionate respect for the otherwise loutish general; after his WW I experiences, Chalfont suggests, Montgomery was determined to waste no manpower and to imbue the lower ranks with full understanding of each operation. Montgomery's exceptional grasp of modern logistics and technology is also stressed, though not elaborated. Chalfont further denies that Monty was overcautious or inflexible in war; and after all, he never lost a battle from North Africa on. Monty's psychological history is elaborated with relish (the book caused something of a sensation in Britain, where it was generally thought harsh but just). After a straitened Fundamentalist boyhood spent at war with his mother, he was disgraced at Sandhurst for his exceptional sadism. Along with a late and devoted marriage ended by the shattering death of his wife, he preserved a certain epicene quality and austere love of young men. Impregnably self-righteous, he was also surpassingly skilled and dedicated: Chalfont conveys all these dimensions in a disarming, convincing fashion. (Kirkus Reviews). Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780297770817

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Boeknummer: 1595

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Clements, Rory

Hitler's Secret: The Sunday Times bestselling spy thriller

Near fine condition. Zaffre, 2020. First UK edition-first printing (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Black hardback (red lettering to the spine) with Dj (a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Nice and clean pages with a crease, nicks and very small tear on the edges, light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 420pp. Price un-clipped. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9781838770273

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Boeknummer: 12193

Catalogus: History : Europe

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Counihan, David

Royal Progress

VGC. Cassell, 1977. First UK edition-first printing. Blue hardback(silver lettering to the spine, light shelf wear on the edges of the cover)with Dj(two small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with b/w photos. Nice and clean pages with a small nick and light shelf wear on the outer edges, a couple of small creases on the edges of the pages. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear. 224pp including List of illustrations, select list of sources consulted, index. Price un-clipped. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 9780304297931

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Boeknummer: 2011

Catalogus: History : Europe

Trefwoorden: Elizabeth II Queen of 1926 Queens Princes Biography Monarchy Great Britain 9780304297931

Hart-Davis, Adam

What the Tudors and Stuarts Did for Us

Fine condition. Boxtree by arrangement with BBC, 2002. First edition-first printing(9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Large format white hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated inside the front and back cover, many colour, b/w photos, drawings, maps, diagrams. The book is new with a small pencil mark impression on the edge of the first page of the book. 248pp including Timeline, bibliography, index. Price un-clipped. First edition. Heavy book. Product Description: Tudor and Stuart England saw the most dramatic shifts in thinking and innovation since the Romans. It was a period that saw the emergence of Protestant churches, the increase in the power of parliament, the end of the feudal system, the development of empire, the union of Scotland and England and the emergence of some of the world's greatest scientists. Adam Hart-Davis illuminates the innovations of the period and shows how these Tudor and Stuart advancements have changed our world. Featuring demonstrations of Tudor and Stuart devices, Adam attempts to reconstruct a Tudor printing press, the first flushing toilet and to demonstrate the first stagecoach suspension, amongst many others. Fine/Fine. ISBN: 9780752215082

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Boeknummer: 3106

Catalogus: History : Europe

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Ellis, John

Eye-deep in Hell: The Western Front 1914-1918 (Penguin Classic Military History)

GC. Purnell book by arrangement with Helm, 1976. Book Club Edition. Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, light shelf wear on the edges of the cover, small nick on the front cover)with Dj(some creases, nicks and scratches on the Dj cover), both in GC. Illustrated with over 130 paintings, drawings, maps and b/w photos. Nice and clean pages but slightly tainted on the outer edges, two pencil marks impressions on the edge of the first blank page of the book, light shelf wear inside the Dj cover. 215pp including index. Product Description: For four years the French, British and German armies fought in mud and squalor. Eye-deep in Hell is concerned with the millions of men who lived and died in the desolate strip that was the western front, the wilderness - of trenches, dugouts, shattered villages and forests of lifeless tree stumps - that was a physical and spiritual desert. The book shows how even in previously inconceivable conditions men were able to formulate routines, rules and codes of conduct that could create some kind of order in the midst of chaos itself. Good/Good. ISBN: 9780141391083

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Boeknummer: 799

Catalogus: History : Europe

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Franks, Norman

Dark Sky, Deep Water: First Hand Reflections on the Anti-U-boat War in Europe...

Mint condition. Grub Street Publishing, 1999. First Paperback edition. Paperback(small nick and scratch on the cover) in mint condition. Illustrated with b/w photos. The book is new with a small pencil mark impression on the edge of the title page, two small nicks on the outer edges of the pages. 218pp including index of Personnel. Product Description: The U-boat war continues to fascinate people, especially the RAF's anti-U-boat campaign. In this book, the author presents his research findings on some of the more interesting aspects of this aircraft versus submarine conflict. Fine. ISBN: 9781902304373

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Boeknummer: 578

Catalogus: History : Europe

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