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Author : William Godfrey Fothergill Jackson
Publisher : Ashford PressPub
ISBN 13 : 9780948466144
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (661 download)
Download or read book The Rock of the Gibraltarians written by William Godfrey Fothergill Jackson and published by Ashford PressPub. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sir William Godfrey Fothergill Jackson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Rock of the Gibraltarians written by Sir William Godfrey Fothergill Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forfatteren var britisk guvernør i Gibraltar 1978-1982 og har her skrevet om den berømte halvøs og dens befolknings historie fra de tidligste tider til vore dage.
Author : M.G. Sanchez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780955246531
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (465 download)
Download or read book Rock Black written by M.G. Sanchez and published by . This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Rock Black', M. G. Sanchez's critically acclaimed short story sequence, takes us back to the late 80s and early 90s - a time when large quantities of tobacco were being smuggled from Gibraltar into Spain, the British government was threatening the colony with direct rule, and the Spanish authorities were subjecting the Gibraltarians to a concerted campaign of political harassment. Within its pages we find an almost anthropological gallery of types' reluctant tobacco smugglers, drunken English squaddies, small-town hedonists, Costa del Sol prostitutes, passing hippie travellers, as well as the constantly resurfacing figure of the jobless Gibraltarian teenager Peter Rodriguez. Described by Dr Rob Stanton (South University, Savannah, Georgia) as a necessary corrective after a prolonged period of silence, ' 'Rock Black' remains a powerful and original piece of fiction.
Author : Nicholas Rankin
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571307736
Total Pages : 581 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)
Download or read book Defending the Rock written by Nicholas Rankin and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adolf Hitler's failure to take Gibraltar in 1940 lost him the Second World War. But in truth the formidable Rock, jutting between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, was extraordinarily vulnerable. Every day, ten thousand people crossed its frontier to work, spy, sabotage or escape. It was threatened by Spain, Vichy France, Italy and Germany. After the USA entered the war, Gibraltar became General Eisenhower's strategic headquarters for the invasion of North Africa and the battle for the Mediterranean.
Author : Mary Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Tales of the Rock written by Mary Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marc Alexander
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752475347
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book Gibraltar written by Marc Alexander and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Gibraltar.
Author : Bernard O'Connor
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244850194
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (448 download)
Download or read book Blowing up the Rock: German, Italian and Spanish Sabotage attacks on Gibraltar during the Second World War written by Bernard O'Connor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020-01-05 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Second World War, Gibraltar faced the threat of invasion by Italy, Germany, and Spain. The Abwehr, the German Intelligence Service, rather than use their own saboteurs, paid young Spanish men to undertake over sixty sabotage attacks on military installations and shipping with limited success. The Italian Decima Flotilla MAS, a specialist team of underwater frogmen, launched eight attacks which were relatively successful and Spanish Falangists made several unsuccessful attempts. The British Secret Intelligence Service endeavoured to stop or at least limit such attacks. Using contemporary files from the National Archives in Kew, autobiographies, biographies, histories and newspaper articles, this documentary history investigates the successes and failures of these attacks on Gibraltar and the roles played by intelligence officers, agents, double agents in discovering and preventing such acts. The book sheds light on an unusual and largely overlooked aspect of Gibraltar's history.
Author : George Hills
Publisher : London : Hale
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Rock of Contention written by George Hills and published by London : Hale. This book was released on 1974 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Gold
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415347952
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (479 download)
Download or read book Gibraltar written by Peter Gold and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed study of the attempts that have been made by Spain, to regain the sovereignty of 'the Rock', despite the wishes of the Gibraltarians.
Author : Roy Adkins
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735221634
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Gibraltar written by Roy Adkins and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rip-roaring account of the dramatic four-year siege of Britain’s Mediterranean garrison by Spain and France—an overlooked key to the British loss in the American Revolution For more than three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of Gibraltar was besieged and blockaded, on land and at sea, by the overwhelming forces of Spain and France. It became the longest siege in British history, and the obsession with saving Gibraltar was blamed for the loss of the American colonies in the War of Independence. Located between the Mediterranean and Atlantic, on the very edge of Europe, Gibraltar was a place of varied nationalities, languages, religions, and social classes. During the siege, thousands of soldiers, civilians, and their families withstood terrifying bombardments, starvation, and disease. Very ordinary people lived through extraordinary events, from shipwrecks and naval battles to an attempted invasion of England and a daring sortie out of Gibraltar into Spain. Deadly innovations included red-hot shot, shrapnel shells, and a barrage from immense floating batteries. This is military and social history at its best, a story of soldiers, sailors, and civilians, with royalty and rank and file, workmen and engineers, priests, prisoners of war, spies, and surgeons, all caught up in a struggle for a fortress located on little more than two square miles of awe-inspiring rock. Gibraltar: The Greatest Siege in British History is an epic page-turner, rich in dramatic human detail—a tale of courage, endurance, intrigue, desperation, greed, and humanity. The everyday experiences of all those involved are brought vividly to life with eyewitness accounts and expert research.
Author : Ernle Bradford
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497617189
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)
Download or read book Gibraltar written by Ernle Bradford and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since ships first set sail in the Mediterranean, The Rock has been the gate of Fortress Europe. In ancient times, it was known as one of the Pillars of Hercules, and a glance at its formidable mass suggests that it may well have been created by the gods. Sought after by every nation with territorial ambitions in Europe, Asia, and Africa, Gibraltar was possessed by the Arabs, the Spanish, and ultimately the British, who captured it in the early 1700s and held onto it in a siege of more than three years late in the eighteenth century. The fact that that was one of more than a dozen sieges exemplifies Gibraltar’s quintessential value as a prize and the desperation of governments to fly their flag above its forbidding ramparts. Bradford uses his matchless skill and knowledge to take the reader through the history of this great and unique fortress. From its geological creation to its two-thousand-year influence on politics and war, he crafts the compelling tale of how these few square miles played a major part in history.
Author : Nick Nutter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (962 download)
Download or read book The Rock from Bottom to Top written by Nick Nutter and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Masters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)
Download or read book The Rock written by John Masters and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin Hannan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781845960452
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Rock of Gibraltar written by Martin Hannan and published by . This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was owned by two friends, who just happened to be two of the most famous men in world sport - Sir Alex Ferguson, the toolmaker's apprentice from the tough streets of Glasgow who became Britain's greatest-ever football manager, and John Magnier, the publicity-shy former senator of Ireland and patrician owner of the world's most successful breeding operation, Coolmore Stud. Even his own trainer, the Maestro of Ballydoyle, Aidan O'Brien, did not rate him as the stable's best hope for glory, but Rock Of Gibraltar proved to be that 'one in a million' racehorse who went on to set a world record by winning seven Group 1 races in succession, including two Classics, beating the mark set by the legendary Mill Reef 30 years ago. The Rock's jockey, Michael Kinane, christened him the 'ultimate racehorse', while Kinane's French rivals gave the horse another nickname - 'The Monster'. Yet, after all his extraordinary feats on the racecourse, Rock Of Gibraltar gained even greater fame after his retirement to stud, as Ferguson and Magnier fought over the horse's most valuable asset - his very genes. In this definitive account of Rock Of Gibraltar's life, we learn how the ultimate racehorse became the 100 million prize in a supposedly private but very public contest over stud fees that engulfed the world's most famous football club, Manchester United.
Author : Thomas Mogford
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408824167
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Shadow of the Rock written by Thomas Mogford and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Een advocaat uit Gibraltar helpt een joodse vriend, die in Marokko wordt beschuldigd van de moord op een jong meisje.
Author : George G. Humphreys
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813182344
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book The Fall of Kentucky's Rock written by George G. Humphreys and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth study offers a new examination of a region that is often overlooked in political histories of the Bluegrass State. George G. Humphreys traces the arc of politics and the economy in western Kentucky from avid support of the Democratic Party to its present-day Republican identity. He demonstrates that, despite its relative geographic isolation, the region west of the eastern boundary of Hancock, Ohio, Butler, Warren, and Simpson Counties to the Mississippi River played significant roles in state and national politics during the New Deal and postwar eras. Drawing on extensive archival research and oral history interviews, Humphreys explores the area's political transformation from a solid Democratic voting bloc to a conservative stronghold by examining how developments such as advances in agriculture, the diversification of the economy, and the civil rights movement affected the region. Addressing notable deficiencies in the existing literature, this impressively researched study will leave readers with a deeper understanding of post-1945 Kentucky politics.
Author : Michael Freedland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780853038573
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (385 download)
Download or read book Man on the Rock written by Michael Freedland and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of perhaps the world's most unusual Jewish community, told through the eyes of the oldest member of one of its most unusual families. Solomon 'Momy' Levy is one of the best known figures in Gibraltar. Levy was the Rock's first civic mayor, and he is a prominent and cherished part of both civic and Jewish life. His friendships with the Governors of the Rock are legion. Solomon Levy's story is told with a wonderfully humorous approach, and it includes accounts of his schooling at the Jewish private school Carmel College in Britain; his astonishingly close family; his dealings with a succession of Governors; his attachment to the Queen and all things British; and his relations with the local Catholic clergy, particularly its bishop. Written by Michael Freedland, a renowned journalist and broadcaster, Man on the Rock is also very much the story of the Gibraltar community, which is Jewish in a way few others in the non-Charedi Diaspora are. Walk through the main street on a Shabbat and one will see shop after shop closed. Hence, unlike in other places, Saturday is not the busiest trading day of the week. Solomon Levy embodies this religious approach, as this anecdote demonstrates: As an officer in the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, he was asked to lead the 10-gun salute for the Queen's Birthday. The trouble was that it occurred on a Shabbat, so he consulted his rabbi. "What do you have to do?" asked the rabbi. "Just shout, "Fire!"," he replied. "So do it," said the rabbi. "I then walked all the way to the top of the rock and ordered "Fire!" Everyone seemed happy with that." *** "Man on the Rock is the fascinating story of Solomon Levy and his family. Levy's biography parallels the history of Gibraltar's unique Jewish community. The book includes many quotes by Momy [Levy] himself as well as his family and friends. Most interesting is his veering from protocol when he met Queen Elizabeth. Highly recommended for libraries that collect biographies and books describing world Jewish communities." - AJL Reviews, Vol. IV, No. 1, February/March 2014Ã?Ã?
