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James W Bancroft
It was on Wednesday, 10 April 1912, that the imposing bulk of the RMS Titanic slipped her berth, and, to great fanfare, headed out into the Solent at the start…
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Foot by foot Titanic's lifeboat No.11 slowly jerked its way down the sides of the great ocean liner as it slipped beneath the cold, dark waters of the Atlantic. For…
At a critical stage of the Texas Revolution a large Mexican army surrounded a makeshift fortification known locally as the Alamo. It was there that a small defensive force of…
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The disaster which befell RMS Titanic has become one of the most investigated and analysed maritime tragedies of all time. Yet there is much still to be untangled from the…
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Bancroft, James W
The most comprehensive biographical study of the Cawnpore Massacre ever compiled. Details the lives and biographical background of many of the people killed in the Massacre.
Brings to life the true story of Rorke’s Drift as depicted in the epic 1964 film Zulu! in which Chard was portrayed by Sir Stanley Baker and Bromhead by Sir…
Echelon
Includes some 100 stories concerning omens and premonitions of people who sailed on the ill-fated liner. Reveals accounts from those who, in many cases because of their concerns, did not…
Vivid eye-witness accounts of this part of the Crimean War.
James W. Bancroft
The first book to uncover the key role the British Army played in the establishment of the FA Cup.
The most comprehensive biographical study of the Crimean VC holders ever compiled.
Insightful explanation of the rise of the Zulu nation and the development of the VC before 1879. It gives detailed biographies of every one of the twenty-three men awarded the…
This is a narrative of the disaster through the eyes of some of those who experienced it
