wyszukanych pozycji: 21
Rumours Of War: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 6): An action-packed and captivating military adventure from bestselling author Allan Mallinson
ISBN: 9780553813524 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 1826: Napoleon Bonaparte is dead and there is peace in Europe. However, in Portugal there is the scent of civil war in the air. Newly returned from India, Matthew Hervey joins a party of officers sent to lend support to the Portuguese regent. His place is secured with the help of Lady Katherine Greville.
1826: Napoleon Bonaparte is dead and there is peace in Europe. However, in Portugal there is the scent of civil war in the air. Newly returned from In...
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69,70 zł |
Too Important for the Generals: Losing and Winning the First World War
ISBN: 9780553818666 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. One of the great questions in the ongoing discussions and debate about World War I is why winning took so long and exacted so appalling a human cost. In this major new history, Allan Mallinson provides answers that are disturbing as well as controversial, and have a contemporary resonance. He disputes the growing consensus among historians that British generals were not to blame for the losses--that, given the magnitude of their task, they did as well anyone could have. He takes issue with the popular view that the "amateur" opinions on strategy of politicians such as Lloyd George and,... One of the great questions in the ongoing discussions and debate about World War I is why winning took so long and exacted so appalling a human cos... |
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69,70 zł |
A Call To Arms: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 4): A rip-roaring and fast-paced military adventure from bestselling author Allan Mallinson
ISBN: 9780553813500 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 1819 sees Hervey in Rome with his sister Elizabeth where a chance meeting with Percy Bysshe Shelley leads him to rethink his future. Soon he is en route for Hounslow via Whitehall where he purchases a new commission in the 6th Light Dragoons.
1819 sees Hervey in Rome with his sister Elizabeth where a chance meeting with Percy Bysshe Shelley leads him to rethink his future. Soon he is en rou...
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58,97 zł |
An Act Of Courage : (Matthew Hervey 7)
ISBN: 9780553816747 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The seventh novel in the acclaimed and bestselling Matthew Hervey series finds Hervey alone and a prisoner in the fortress of Badajos on the Spanish border.
While Hervey - taken captive in the final pages of The Sabre's Edge - plans his escape from the Spanish, his memories turn to 1812 when, as a young cornet, he was part of Wellington's victorious army as it pushed its way north through Spain towards the Pyrenees. But first the British had to storm the fortress where he is imprisoned now: Badajos - a fortress of huge strategic importance - where French resistance was at its most fierce... The seventh novel in the acclaimed and bestselling Matthew Hervey series finds Hervey alone and a prisoner in the fortress of Badajos on the Spanish b...
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69,70 zł |
The Shape of Battle: The Art of War from the Battle of Hastings to D-Day and Beyond
ISBN: 9781639361939 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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128,31 zł |
Words of Command: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 12): immerse yourself in this brilliantly crafted military masterpiece
ISBN: 9780857502520 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey returns to take command of the 6th Light Dragoons in his 12th entralling adventure.
January 1830, and one of the hardest winters in memory... And the prime minister, the Iron Duke, is resisting growing calls for parliamentary reform, provoking scenes of violent unrest in the countryside. But there are no police outside London and most of the yeomanry regiments, to whom the authorities had always turned when disorder threatened, have been disbanded as an economy measure. Against this inflammable backdrop Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey, recently... Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey returns to take command of the 6th Light Dragoons in his 12th entralling adventure.
January 1830, and one of the... |
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64,33 zł |
A Close Run Thing (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 1): A high-octane and fast-paced military action adventure guaranteed to have you gripped!
ISBN: 9780553507133 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A Close Run Thing is the story of the Napoleonic Wars. A young cornet in the 6th Light Dragoons, Matthew Hervey, a soldier and a gentleman, finds himself allotted a hero's role.
A Close Run Thing is the story of the Napoleonic Wars. A young cornet in the 6th Light Dragoons, Matthew Hervey, a soldier and a gentleman, finds hims...
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69,70 zł |
The Passage to India: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 13): a high-octane and fast-paced military action adventure guaranteed to have you gripped!
ISBN: 9780857503794 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It is 1831, riots and rebellions are widespread . . . In England, the new government is facing protests against the attempts of the Tory-dominated House of Lords to thwart the passing of the Reform Bill. In India, relations are strained between the presidency of Madras and some of the neighbouring princely states. Having taken command of the action in Bristol to restore order after one of the bloodiest and most destructive riots in the nation's history, Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey is out of favour with the new government. But then his old friend, Sir Eyre Somervile, offers him a...
It is 1831, riots and rebellions are widespread . . . In England, the new government is facing protests against the attempts of the Tory-dominated...
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53,60 zł |
Man Of War: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 9): A thrilling and action-packed military adventure from bestselling author Allan Mallinson that will make you feel you are in the midst of the battle
ISBN: 9780553816761 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It is the year 1827 & Captain Peto has just taken command of HMS Prince Rupert, the only three-decker line-of-battle ship in His Majesty's Fleet. He is the proud master of a wooden fortress whose formidable firepower is the equal & more of Bonaparte's grand battery at Waterloo. But his journey to the Aegean will not be all smooth sailing.
It is the year 1827 & Captain Peto has just taken command of HMS Prince Rupert, the only three-decker line-of-battle ship in His Majesty's Fleet. He i...
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80,43 zł |
A Regimental Affair: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 3): A gripping and action-packed military adventure from bestselling author Allan Mallinson
ISBN: 9780553507157 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Captain Hervey has returned from India to an England in turmoil. The clamour for parliamentary and economic reform is bringing the country close to revolution. In the 6th Light Dragoons there is a new commanding officer - wealthy, vain, arrogant and cruel.
Captain Hervey has returned from India to an England in turmoil. The clamour for parliamentary and economic reform is bringing the country close to re...
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80,43 zł |
Honorable Company: A Novel of India Before the Raj
ISBN: 9780553380446 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In a rousing follow-up to the critically acclaimed A Close Run Thing, Captain Matthew Hervey makes the hazardous sea voyage to India for what the Duke of Wellington has called "deuced tricky work." As Wellington's new aide-de-camp, Matthew's covert mission will embroil him in the jostling of native potentates and England's encroaching East India Company -- both threatened by lawless bands of horsemen bent on plunder and massacre. When Matthew's journeying leads him to the small key state of Chintal, he thinks himself close to his objective. But at the rajah's sumptuous court,...
In a rousing follow-up to the critically acclaimed A Close Run Thing, Captain Matthew Hervey makes the hazardous sea voyage to India for what t...
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81,40 zł |
The Tigress of Mysore
ISBN: 9780857504401 / Miękka / 2021 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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51,58 zł |
On His Majesty's Service: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 11): A tense, fast-paced unputdownable military page-turner from bestselling author Allan Mallinson
ISBN: 9780553818642 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The year is 1829 and Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey has been promised command of his regiment, the 6th Light Dragoons. Before he can take up his post, however, there is a six-month assignment as an observer with the Russian army, an undertaking at the personal request of the commander-in-chief which Hervey feels obliged to fulfil.
The year is 1829 and Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey has been promised command of his regiment, the 6th Light Dragoons. Before he can take up his po...
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69,70 zł |
The Sabre's Edge: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 5):A gripping, action-packed military adventure from bestselling author Allan Mallinson
ISBN: 9780553813517 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 1824. The Sixth Light Dragoons are still stationed in India, and the talk in the officers' mess is of war. The Burmese are increasingly encroaching on Company land and skirmishes are becoming common on India's borders. Meanwhile across the country in Bhurtpore the succession to the Raj has been usurped.
1824. The Sixth Light Dragoons are still stationed in India, and the talk in the officers' mess is of war. The Burmese are increasingly encroaching on...
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Company Of Spears: (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 8): A gripping and heart-stopping military adventure from bestselling author Allan Mallinson that will keep you on the edge of your seat
ISBN: 9780553816754 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Matthew Hervey is on the look out for a new posting. He soon finds one in the Cape Colony, where there is need of a man to re-organise the local forces, and in particular to form a new company of horse. Accompanied by a mixed-race captain from the disbanded Royal African Corps, Hervey heads out into the great South African plains.
Matthew Hervey is on the look out for a new posting. He soon finds one in the Cape Colony, where there is need of a man to re-organise the local force...
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58,97 zł |
The Shape of Battle: Six Campaigns from Hastings to Helmand
ISBN: 9781529177015 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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The Making Of The British Army
ISBN: 9780553815405 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 752 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. From the English Civil War to today's War on Terror: in this sweeping account of nearly 500 years of military history, former soldier Allan Mallinson looks at how the Army's dramatic past has made it one of the most effective fighting forces in the world today.
From the English Civil War to today's War on Terror: in this sweeping account of nearly 500 years of military history, former soldier Allan Mallinson ...
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The Nizam's Daughters (The Matthew Hervey Adventures: 2): A rip-roaring and riveting military adventure from bestselling author Allan Mallinson.
ISBN: 9780553507140 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. With the last shots of the Battle of Waterloo still resounding in Europe, the adventures of Matthew Hervey, newly appointed aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington, continue when he is sent on a secret mission to war-torn India.
With the last shots of the Battle of Waterloo still resounding in Europe, the adventures of Matthew Hervey, newly appointed aide-de-camp to the Duke o...
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64,33 zł |
A Close Run Thing: A Novel of Wellington's Army of 1815
ISBN: 9780553380439 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the tradition of Patrick O'Brian's beloved historical military adventures comes the first in a dashing new series featuring Cornet Matthew Hervey, a young cavalry officer in Wellington's army of 1815. A Close Run Thing For two decades, since the French Revolution, England and her allies have fought a seemingly endless war to loosen Bonaparte's stranglehold on Europe. Matthew Hervey, a twenty-three-year-old parson's son, has risen through the ranks of His Majesty's cavalry to a junior command in the 6th Light Dragoons. Torn by ambition and ensnared in the intrigues of...
In the tradition of Patrick O'Brian's beloved historical military adventures comes the first in a dashing new series featuring Cornet Matthew Hervey, ...
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81,40 zł |
Warrior : (Matthew Hervey 10)
ISBN: 9780553818628 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons is urgently summoned to the Cape Colony when he learns that the Zulu warrior King Shaka is about to wage war. Soon Hervey, his old friend Eyre Somervile and their escort of dragoons and mounted rifles are riding north.
Matthew Hervey of the 6th Light Dragoons is urgently summoned to the Cape Colony when he learns that the Zulu warrior King Shaka is about to wage war....
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69,70 zł |