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  • Black Night for Bomber Command

    The Tragedy of 16 December 1943

    by Richard Knott ...
    "I am not pressing you to fight the weather as well as the Germans, never forget that." So wrote Winston Churchill to Arthur Harris, the Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command, after the terrible events of 16 December 1943. In the murky dusk almost five hundred heavy bombers, almost entirely Lancasters, set out for Berlin from their bases in eastern England, from north Yorkshire to southern ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Posted in Wartime

    Letters Home From Abroad

    by Richard Knott, Cecil Beaton, Noël Coward, Freya Stark ...
    The Second World War saw many people consigned to long periods of exile, far from home. How did the exiled keep in touch with home? Why were some exiles silent when others wrote frequently and at length? Posted in Wartime explores the nature of such exile and considers what could be written in diaries and letters, given that letters were censored and diaries were, at best, frowned upon. At the ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Trio

    Three War Correspondents of World War Two

    by Richard Knott ...
    The Trio tells the story of three war correspondents, two Englishmen and an Australian, all in their 30s, whose friendship was forged during the Second World War. They became so close that their colleagues dubbed them ' The Trio', sometimes out of disgruntled rivalry. Alan Moorehead, Alexander Clifford and Christopher Buckley worked for the Express, Mail and Telegraph respectively. Clifford and ... Read more

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  • The Secret War Against the Arts

    How MI5 Targeted Left-Wing Writers and Artists, 1936–1956

    by Richard Knott ...
    "Reveals the extent of MI5's methodical and implacable investigation into the lives of such people as the writer George Orwell." — UK HistorianDuring the 1930s, the British intelligence agencies became increasingly concerned about Communist influence in the country. They reacted by spying on thousands of ordinary British citizens. Amongst them were many artists and writers who, in tune with "the ... Read more

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  • All-India and Down Under

    Peace, Partition and the Game of Cricket

    by Richard Knott ...
    A dramatic story of cricket, politics, and empire in post-war England, India, and Australia.All-India and Down Under tells the intertwined stories of cricket tours undertaken in 1946, revealing the sport's deep connections to politics and culture. As England's cricketers, scarred by war, face off against All-India and Australia, the old order is dying. The last All-India tour coincides with the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sketchbook War

    Saving the Nation's Artists in World War II

    by Richard Knott ...
    During the Second World War, British artists produced over 6,000 works of war art, the result of a government scheme partly designed to prevent the artists being killed. This book tells the story of nine courageous war artists who ventured closer to the front line than any others in their profession.Edward Ardizzone, Edward Bawden, Barnett Freedman, Anthony Gross, Thomas Hennell, Eric Ravilious, ... Read more

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  • The House of Secrets

    by Richard Knott Jr. ...
    She stepped to the front doors and tried the door. It swung open as a look of surprise overtook her. "Did you leave the place unlocked?"Malachi looked a little surprised too. "No. I locked it, just a couple of hours ago." He walked over to the door, a little perplexed. He inserted his key in the open door and inspected the lock. It seemed to work perfectly. "Well, that's odd."She tentatively ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • Churchill's Wizards

    The British Genius for Deception 1914-1945

    by Nicholas Rankin ...
    The real story of how Winston Churchill and the British mastered deception to defeat the Nazis - by conning the Kaiser, hoaxing Hitler and using brains to outwit brawn.By June 1940, most of Europe had fallen to the Nazis and Britain stood alone. So, with Winston Churchill in charge the British bluffed their way out of trouble, drawing on the trickery which had helped them win the First World War. ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Behind Enemy Lines

    The Autobiography of Britain's Most Decorated Living War Hero

    by Sir Tommy Macpherson, Richard Bath ...
    With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a L�gion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army.Yet for 65 years the Highlander's story has remained untold. Few know how, aged 21, he persuaded 23,000 SS soldiers of the feared Das Reich tank column to surrender, or how Tommy ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • A Genius for Deception:How Cunning Helped the British Win Two World Wars

    How Cunning Helped the British Win Two World Wars

    by Nicholas Rankin ...
    In February 1942, intelligence officer Victor Jones erected 150 tents behind British lines in North Africa. "Hiding tanks in Bedouin tents was an old British trick," writes Nicholas Rankin; German general Erwin Rommel not only knew of the ploy, but had copied it himself. Jones knew that Rommel knew. In fact, he counted on it--for these tents were empty. With the deception that he was carrying out ... Read more

    $32.39 CAD

  • The Final Whistle

    The Great War in Fifteen Players

    by Stephen Cooper ...
    WINNER OF THE BRITISH SPORT BOOK AWARDS - RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEARThis is the story of 15 men killed in the Great War. All played rugby for one London club; none lived to hear the final whistle. Rugby brought them together; rugby led the rush to war. They came from Britain and the Empire to fight in every theatre and service, among them a poet, playwright and perfumer. Some were decorated and died ... Read more

    $10.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Our Name Wasn't Written - A Malta Memoir (1936-1943)

    by David Vernon ...
    This is the memoir of a young mother struggling to feed, clothe and house her family on "the most bombed island on earth" — Malta, during World War II.Written by two generations of eye-witnesses to the destruction wrought on the strategically vital island of Malta by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.The book contains extensive additional historical information researched from a huge number of ... Read more

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