T.E. Lawrence found global recognition for his leadership of the Arab Revolt during World War I, harassing the Turks from Medina to Damascus and preparing the ground for the final Allied offensive in 1918. He was hailed as a hero, but little is known about the life of this myste…
"'There was a craving to be famous; and a horror of being known to like being famous.' Lawrence's confession sums up so much of this book. The story of his remarkable life after the horror, grandeur and ultimate betrayal of the Arabian adventure is one of headlong flight from fa…
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. The book examines the work T.E. Lawrence did for the 1929 Schneider Trophy Race, the development of the new RAF 200 seaplane tender, and the development of its armour plated offspring, the Armoured Target Boat. It also…
:An ornate Victorian manor sat in picturesque the River Thames in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire. Perhaps not the first place to spring to mind when considering the top-secret photographic interpretation that helped secure an Allied victory in the Second World War, but this was the …
This publication explores the wartime life and work of the women of Medmenham, the Headquarters of the Allied Central Interpretation Unit - in their own words. With many photographs and interviews.
The women of Medmenham, the 'Women of Intelligence', tell the story of their wartime life and work - in their own words.
This is an up-to-date, illustrated investigation into the notorious Nuremberg rallies and the part they played in the Nazi's quest to establish their vaunted 1000 year Third Reich.
This is an up-to-date, illustrated investigation into the notorious Nuremberg rallies and the part they played in the Nazi's quest to establish their vaunted 1000 year Third Reich.
This is an up-to-date, illustrated investigation into the notorious Nuremberg rallies and the part they played in the Nazis' quest to establish their vaunted 1000 year Third Reich.
"According to Napoleon, an army marches on its stomach and it fights on its stomach too - yet have you ever wondered how hundreds of men on the frontline are fed under fire or in the trench lines? During the Great War troops were trained to make meals out of the bare minimum of …
