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Dunkirk

Author : Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141906162
Total Pages : 1005 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Dunkirk written by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-05-31 with total page 1005 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * * * Special 75th Anniversary Edition * * * Hugh Sebag-Montefiore's Dunkirk: Fight to the Last Man tells the story of the rescue in May 1940 of British soldiers fleeing capture and defeat by the Nazis at Dunkirk. Dunkirk was not just about what happened at sea and on the beaches. The evacuation would never have succeeded had it not been for the tenacity of the British soldiers who stayed behind to ensure they got away. Men like Sergeant Major Gus Jennings who died smothering a German stick bomb in the church at Esquelbecq in an effort to save his comrades, and Captain Marcus Ervine-Andrews VC who single-handedly held back a German attack on the Dunkirk perimeter thereby allowing the British line to form up behind him. Told to stand and fight to the last man, these brave few battalions fought in whatever manner they could to buy precious time for the evacuation. Outnumbered and outgunned, they launched spectacular and heroic attacks time and again, despite ferocious fighting and the knowledge that for many only capture or death would end their struggle. 'A searing story . . . both meticulous military history and a deeply moving testimony to the extraordinary personal bravery of individual soldiers' Tim Gardam, The Times 'Sebag-Montefiore tells [the story] with gusto, a remarkable attention to detail and an inexhaustible appetite for tracking down the evidence' Richard Ovary, Telegraph Hugh Sebag-Montefiore was a barrister before becoming a journalist and then an author. He wrote the best-selling Enigma: The Battle for the Code. One of his ancestors was evacuated from Dunkirk.

The Calais Garrison

Author : David Grummitt
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843833980
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book The Calais Garrison written by David Grummitt and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Definitive account of the English garrison at Calais - the largest contemporary force in Europe - in the wider context of European warfare in the middle ages.

Calais

Author : Susan Rose
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1843834014
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Calais written by Susan Rose and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive history of Calais under English rule, casting new light on the development of its vigorous political and commercial society.

Shipping the Medieval Military

Author : Craig L. Lambert
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 1843836548
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Shipping the Medieval Military written by Craig L. Lambert and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mariners made a major - but neglected - contribution to England's warfare in the middle ages. Here their role is examined anew, showing their importance. During the fourteenth century England was scarred by famine, plague and warfare. Through such disasters, however, emerged great feats of human endurance. Not only did the English population recover from starvation and disease butthousands of the kingdom's subjects went on to defeat the Scots and the French in several notable battles. Victories such as Halidon Hill, Neville's Cross, Crécy and Poitiers not only helped to recover the pride of the English chivalrous class but also secured the reputation of Edward III and the Black Prince. Yet what has been underemphasized in this historical narrative is the role played by men of more humble origins, none more so than the medievalmariner. This is unfortunate because during the fourteenth century the manpower and ships provided by the English merchant fleet underpinned every military expedition. The aim of this book is to address this gap. Its fresh approach to the sources allows the enormous contribution of the English merchant fleet to the wars conducted by Edward II and Edward III to be revealed; the author also explores the complex administrative process of raising a fleet andprovides career profiles for many mariners, examining the familial relationships that existed in port communities and the shipping resources of English ports. Craig L. Lambert is Research Assistant at the University ofHull.

The Siege of Calais, an Historical Novel. Translated from the French. ...

Author : Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Siege of Calais, an Historical Novel. Translated from the French. ... written by Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin and published by . This book was released on 1756 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Flames of Calais

Author : Airey Neave
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473814308
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Flames of Calais written by Airey Neave and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2003-02-11 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The defence of Calais in May/June 1940 was a superb example of selfless courage and sacrifice. Sent by Churchill to divert the Germans from Dunkirk and so save the British Army, 30 Infantry Brigade had orders not to evacuate or surrender. Airey Neave, later to be Margaret Thatcher's right hand man until his assassination in 1979, was one of those who fought, was wounded and captured there and his account remains the classic.

The Siege of Calais During The Hundred Years War

Author : Jordan Bruso
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book The Siege of Calais During The Hundred Years War written by Jordan Bruso and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Story of Old France

Author : Hélène Adeline Guerber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of Old France written by Hélène Adeline Guerber and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Siege of Calais. A Tragedy. From the French of Mr. de Belloy. With Historical Notes. [Translated and Edited by Charles Denis.]

Author : Pierre Laurent BUIRETTE DE BELLOY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Siege of Calais. A Tragedy. From the French of Mr. de Belloy. With Historical Notes. [Translated and Edited by Charles Denis.] written by Pierre Laurent BUIRETTE DE BELLOY and published by . This book was released on 1765 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Representing War and Violence

Author : Joanna Bellis
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783271558
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Representing War and Violence written by Joanna Bellis and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of written and other responses to conflict in a variety of forms and genres, from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century. War and violence took many forms in medieval and early modern Europe, from political and territorial conflict to judicial and social spectacle; from religious persecution and crusade to self-mortification and martyrdom; from comedic brutality to civil and domestic aggression. Various cultural frameworks conditioned both the acceptance of these forms of violence, and the protest that they met with: the elusive concept of chivalry, Christianity and just wartheory, political ambition and the machinery of propaganda, literary genres and the expectations they generated and challenged. The essays here, from the disciplines of history, art history and literature, explore how violence and conflict were documented, depicted, narrated and debated during this period. They consider manuals created for and addressed directly to kings and aristocratic patrons; romances whose affective treatments of violence invitedprofoundly empathetic, even troublingly pleasurable, responses; diaries and "autobiographies" compiled on the field and redacted for publication and self-promotion. The ethics and aesthetics of representation, as much as the violence being represented, emerge as a profound and constant theme for writers and artists grappling with this most fundamental and difficult topic of human experience. JOANNA BELLIS is the Fitzjames Research Fellow in Oldand Middle English at Merton College, Oxford; LAURA SLATER holds a Postdoctoral Fellowship from The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London. Contributors: Anne Baden-Daintree, Anne Curry, David Grummitt, Richard W. Kaeuper, Andrew Lynch, Christina Normore, Laura Slater, Sara V. Torres, Matthew Woodcock,

The Siege of Calais and Other Poems

Author : Alvah Lillie Frisbie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Siege of Calais and Other Poems written by Alvah Lillie Frisbie and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Edward III and the Triumph of England

Author : Richard Barber
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 1846147638
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book Edward III and the Triumph of England written by Richard Barber and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating recreation of the world of one of England's most charismatic monarchs, from award-winning author and historian Richard Barber The destruction of the French army at Crécy in 1346 and the subsequent siege and capture of Calais marked a new era in European history. The most powerful, glamorous and respected of all western monarchies had been completely humiliated by England, a country long viewed either as a chaotic backwater or a mere French satellite. The young Edward III's triumph would launch both countries, as we now know, into a grim cycle of some 90 years of further fighting ending with English defeat, but after Crécy anything seemed possible - Edward's claim to be King of France could be pressed home and, in any event, enormous rewards of land, treasure and prestige were available both to the king and to the close companions who had made the victory possible. It was to enshrine this moment that Edward created one of the most famous of all knightly orders, the Company of the Garter. Barber writes about both the great campaigns and the individuals who formed the original membership of the Company - and through their biographies makes the period tangible and fascinating. This is a book about knighthood, battle tactics and grand strategy, but it is also about fashion, literature and the privates lives of everyone from queens to freebooters. Barber's book is a remarkable achievement - but also an extremely enjoyable one. Reviews: 'Barber [has an] infectious passion for and deep knowledge of his subject matter ... elegant prose and rigorous historical analysis ... a valuable and thorough addition to the body of work on this most impressive of English monarchs' Sunday Times 'In Edward III and the Triumph of England [Barber] has written the kind of book that the king would have enjoyed: full of battles, glitter and ceremony ... he has an original eye and an elegant pen' Jonathan Sumption, Literary Review 'Barber share's his hero's love of chivalry ... The book sparkle[s] with some of Edward's own glitz' Telegraph 'This absorbing book is layered rather than linear, sifting with uncommon sensitivity through challenging sources to test the boundaries of what we can and cannot know ... We discover the complexity of the world in which Edward and his commanders lived' Helen Castor, The Times About the author: Richard Barber has had a huge influence on the study of medieval history and literature, both as a writer and as a publisher. His major works include The Knight and Chivalry (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award), Edward Prince of Wales and Aquitaine, The Penguin Guide to Medieval Europe and The Holy Grail: The History of a Legend. He lives in East Anglia.

The Siege of Calais

Author : M. de Belloy (Pierre-Laurent Buyrette)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Siege of Calais written by M. de Belloy (Pierre-Laurent Buyrette) and published by . This book was released on 1765 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

To Calais, In Ordinary Time

Author : James Meek
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 1786896753
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book To Calais, In Ordinary Time written by James Meek and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY EXPRESS, SCOTSMAN and SPECTATOR Three journeys. One road. England, 1348. A gentlewoman flees an odious arranged marriage, a Scots proctor sets out for Avignon and a young ploughman in search of freedom is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. Coming in their direction from across the Channel is the Black Death, the plague that will wipe out half of the population of Northern Europe. As the journey unfolds, overshadowed by the archers' past misdeeds and clerical warnings of the imminent end of the world, the wayfarers must confront the nature of their loves and desires. A tremendous feat of language and empathy, it summons a medieval world that is at once uncannily plausible, utterly alien and eerily reflective of our own. James Meek's extraordinary To Calais, In Ordinary Time is a novel about love, class, faith, loss, gender and desire - set against one of the biggest cataclysms of human history.

The siege of Calais by Edward of England

Author : Tencin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The siege of Calais by Edward of England written by Tencin and published by . This book was released on 1740 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Siege of Calais and Other Poems

Author : Alvah Lillie Frisbie
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781356167142
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book The Siege of Calais and Other Poems written by Alvah Lillie Frisbie and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Siege of Calais. A Tragedy. From the French of Mr. De Belloy. With Historical Notes

Author : M De Belloy
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781379449843
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book The Siege of Calais. A Tragedy. From the French of Mr. De Belloy. With Historical Notes written by M De Belloy and published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T119184 Edited and translated by Charles Denis. Dublin: printed for J. Hoey sen., P. Wilson, J. Exshaw, S. Cotter, H. Saunders, E. Watts, W. Slator [sic, for Sleator], J. Potts, S. Watson, J. Williams, J. Hoey jun., and D. Chamberlaine, 1765. 70p.; 12°