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Author : John Buchan
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Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Francis and Riversdale Grenfell written by John Buchan and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : JOHN. BUCHAN
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ISBN 13 : 9781033180785
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (87 download)
Download or read book FRANCIS AND RIVERSDALE GRENFELL written by JOHN. BUCHAN and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Buchan
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Francis and Riversdale Grenfell written by John Buchan and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Z. Starr
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807120347
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Colonel Grenfell's Wars written by Stephen Z. Starr and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1995-10-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the predawn hours of March 7, 1868, four prisoners aided by a guard escaped from Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas and headed a small, open fishing boat into a violent storm in the Gulf of Mexico. The men were never seen again. One of them, Colonel George St. Leger Grenfell, was a British soldier of fortune who had come to America in 1862 and earned himself a unique place in the Confederate Valhalla. In this biography Stephen Z. Starr recounts the fascinating story of this romantic and neglected character. Grenfell was a talented cavalry officer who served with John H. Morgan, Braxton Bragg, and J. E. B. Stuart. Yet his congenital restlessness hampered his effectiveness. In one of his most fantastic adventures, Grenfell plotted to help northern Copperheads take over the governments of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois and establish a Northwestern Confederacy. When the plan—the “Chicago Conspiracy” as it became known—to attack Camp Douglas, free Confederate prisoners, and capture Chicago was discovered, Grenfell, along with 150 cohorts, was arrested. He and six of the principal collaborators were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Grenfell and three fellow prisoners planned the escape that apparently ended in tragedy, although rumors that the legendary soldier of fortune was still alive persisted for many years.
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Author : John Buchan
Publisher : London : T. Nelson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Francis and Riversdale Grenfell. A Memoir. [With Portraits.] written by John Buchan and published by London : T. Nelson. This book was released on 1920 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Margot Asquith
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198229771
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Margot Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916 written by Margot Asquith and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Downing Street diary with a difference, offering a unique record and a fascinating insight into the British government during WWI, written by Margot Asquith, the wife of the prime minister, H. H. Asquith.
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Total Pages : 604 pages
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Download or read book The Bookman written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Buchan
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ISBN 13 : 9781330639481
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Francis and Riversdale Grenfell written by John Buchan and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Francis and Riversdale Grenfell: A Memoir The Twins wrote to each other almost daily, and when Francis went to the Boer War they settled to keep each other's letters. A large collection was found after their death, and when examined it seemed to their family worthy of some form of publication. Mr. John Buchan, who was one of the Twins' greatest friends, most kindly undertook to prepare a memoir. It is intended that any profits derived from the sale of the book should go to benefit the finances of the Invalid Children's Aid Association, a branch of which was founded in Islington by Rivy in 1912, and in which both brothers were greatly interested. On September 5, 1880, when quartered at Shorncliffe, I received a telegram from my brother announcing the birth of the Twins. Thus the family of seven sons and four daughters had increased to a total of thirteen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Matthew Richardson
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1399051547
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book With the British Cavalry in 1914 written by Matthew Richardson and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The opening months of the First World War were the golden sunset for the horsed regiments of the British army. Whether they were Lancers, Hussars or Dragoons, their names were redolent of glory and grandeur. Trained for shock tactics as well as scouting and reconnaissance, several times in 1914 they clashed dramatically with their German counterparts on the battlefields of France. Yet at the same time, the role of the cavalry was shifting inexorably away from these romantic charges, with trumpets, gleaming lances and swirling sabres. In the new warfare of the Twentieth Century, the true value of these regiments was as an intensively trained, highly mobile reserve. Despite their misgivings about the role, the Regular cavalry (latterly with Yeomanry alongside them) were also a highly effective force when fighting on foot. Able to arrive quickly at trouble spots, they were equally skilled with the rifle, and on more than one occasion in 1914 they were able to retrieve a critical situation.
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Total Pages : 1638 pages
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Download or read book Country Life Illustrated written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Horace A. Laffaye
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786454156
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Evolution of Polo written by Horace A. Laffaye and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-09-12 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the evolution of polo from its origins in Central Asia to its current manifestation as a professional sport that attracts wealthy sponsors and patrons, this sociological study examines how polo has changed according to the economic and cultural differences of the nations and continents where it is played. One hundred historic and modern photographs are included.
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Total Pages : 1116 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Athenaeum written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven John
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473843162
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book The Welsh at War: From Mons to Loos & the Gallipoli Tragedy written by Steven John and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-08-30 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welsh at War From Mons to Loos and the Gallipoli Tragedy is the culmination of twelve years of painstaking research by the author into the the Welsh men and infantry units who fought in the Great War.These units included the four regular regiments the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers Welsh Regiment and Welsh Guards as well as the Territorial Monmouthshire Regiment, the Yeomanry regiments, the Denbighshire Hussars, Pembroke Yeomanry, Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, Glamorgan Yeomanry and Welsh Horse Yeomanry and their amalgamation into service battalions for the regular regiments during 1917.Welsh troops fought with great courage in every theater of the war the Western Front, Aden, China, Gallipoli, Egypt, India, Italy, Salonika and in Palestine and as well as the casualties who were suffered during these campaigns, many men gained recognition for acts of gallantry.The book covers all of the major actions and incidents in which each of the Welsh infantry regiments took part from the opening of the war in 1914 until the end of 1915, as well as stories of Welsh airmen, Welshmen shot at dawn, Welsh rugby players who fell, Welsh gallantry winners and the Welshmen who died in non-Welsh units, such as the Dominion forces and other units of the British Armed Forces.While chronicling a history of the war through the events and battles that Welshmen took part in, the stories of individual casualties are included throughout, together with many compelling photographs of the men and their last resting places.
Author : Sir John Collings Squire
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The London Mercury written by Sir John Collings Squire and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Davenport-Hines
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 0297856227
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)
Download or read book Ettie written by Richard Davenport-Hines and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of Lady Desborough - beautiful heiress, aristocratic hostess, unfaithful wife, tragic mother, Edwardian icon. Born in 1867 and orphaned at three, Ettie Fane was brought up by a beloved grandmother and then two adoring, almost incestuous, bachelor uncles. At twenty she married Willy Grenfell, later Lord Desborough. Beautiful, rich, charming and clever, Ettie soon became a leading hostess at the two magnificent country houses she had inherited. Leading politicians, writers and artists were very much part of her circle. But there was a dark side too, as this book will reveal. Ettie could be manipulative and cruel. Her eldest son Julian, after a nervous breakdown at Oxford, rejected her world and values. Nemesis and tragedy were not far away. In 1915 Julian died of war wounds. Six weeks later her second son Billy was killed in action. Her youngest son Ivo would be killed shortly after the war. But despite intense private misery, she reacted with outward courage and self-mastery. Grief revealed the greatness of her spirit. In the 1920s and 1930s she continued to collect new types, especially gifted young men, relishing people of all ages up to her death in 1952, a redoutable survivor from a vanished age.
Author : Michael C. Adams
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253116093
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book The Great Adventure written by Michael C. Adams and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1990-11-22 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1914 Europe descended into a slaughter unlike anything that had been seen before. Yet, far from seeing the conflict as a tragedy, many men welcomed it as a healthy development for society, a relief from peace. The Great Adventure explores the intellectual trends that made war seem a natural and high expression of social values. This is not a book about the specific causes of World War I, but a study of the mood in which it could take place. What the book uncovers is a complex of deeply ingrained attitudes about manhood, sex, power, maturity, boredom, and war that defined a culture in which war came to be seen as a positive option. Although the book focuses on attitudes in Great Britain and the United States of nearly a century ago, it makes a remarkably contemporary statement about men, women, and the culture of war., reviewing a previous edition or volume
Author : Kees Rookmaaker
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004691545
Total Pages : 891 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
Download or read book The Rhinoceros of South Asia written by Kees Rookmaaker and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-06-12 with total page 891 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rhinoceros is an iconic animal. Three species once inhabited South Asia, two of which disappeared over a century ago. This survey aims to reconstruct the historical distribution of these large mammals resulting in new maps showing the extent of their occurrences. Thousands of sources varied in time and nature are used to study the interactions between man and rhinoceros. The text is supported by over 700 illustrations and 38 maps showing the importance of the rhinoceros in the scientific and cultural fabric of Asia and beyond.
