Results for: books tagged ‘Englishmen’
Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man: Siegfried Sassoon
George Sherston develops from a shy and awkward child, through shiftless adolescence, to an officer just beginning to understand the horrors of trench warfare. The world he grows up in, ... More
David Lean: Kevin Brownlow
In the course of his career, David Lean created some of the most unforgettable images in cinema history: the terrifying opening graveyard sequence in Great Expectations, the poignant railway farewell ... More
Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man: Siegfried Sassoon
George Sherston develops from a shy and awkward child, through shiftless adolescence, to an officer just beginning to understand the horrors of trench warfare. The world he grows up in, ... More
W. G. Grace: A Life: Simon Rae
W. G. Grace burst onto the cricket scene in the 1860s with spectacular force. He dominated the game until the end of the century, and influences it to this day. ... More
Damn You England: John Osborne
Well-known playwright and acerbic wit, John Osborne was a man of trenchant opinions which he was unafraid to express. Ranging from his infamous 1961 letter to Tribune which provides the ... More
George Mallory: David Robertson
Celebrated in his time as 'the rarest spirit of his generation', George Mallory vanished on the 8th of June 1924 in a third desperate attempt to climb Everest. Seventy-five years ... More
Rifles: Mark Urban
As part of the Light Division created to act as the advance guard of Wellington's army, the 95th Rifles are the first into battle and the last out. Fighting, thieving ... More
Hawkwood: Frances Stonor Saunders
The hugely acclaimed, bestselling life of John Hawkwood, one of the outstanding figures of English and European history.'[Hawkwood] not only tells the story of the fourteenth century's brashest and most ... More
Nelson: Andrew Lambert
Nelson explores the professional, personal, intellectual and practical origins of one man's genius, to understand how Britain's greatest warrior enabled his country to survive the challenge of total war and ... More
Elgar: Child of Dreams: Jerrold Northrop Moore
Jerrold Northrop Moore pursues his quest for the essential Elgar and sets out the story of an extraordinary creative life. It shows themes of childhood, fantasy and vision fusing into ... More
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