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    The Crimean War: 1854-1856

    John Sweetman

    The bitter war between Russia and Turkey is recorded here. It details the gallant yet suicidal Charge of the Light Brigade and relates the reports made by the first war…

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    Tirpitz: Hunting the Beast

    John Sweetman

    The battleship Tirpitz, hiding in Norwegian fjords, remained a menace to Allied convoys and tied down the British Home Fleet for three years.

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    The Artist and the Bridge 1700-1920: 1700-1920

    John Sweetman

    First published in 1999, this book explores how, from the stone bridges of neoclassicism which soar out of wild woods to span pastoral valleys to the post-1750 engineer’s bridge with…

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    The Artist and the Bridge 1700-1920: 1700-1920

    John Sweetman

    First published in 1999, this book explores how, from the stone bridges of neoclassicism which soar out of wild woods to span pastoral valleys to the post-1750 engineer’s bridge with…

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    Crimean War

    John Sweetman

    This book details the Charge of the Light Brigade. It relates the reports made by the first real war correspondent, William Russell of the London Times - reports which served…

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    A Dictionary of European Land Battles: From the Earliest Times to 1943

    John Sweetman

    A reference book for land battles in Europe, ranging from the Great Peloponnesian War to World War II.

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    Balaclava 1854: The Charge of the Light Brigade

    John Sweetman

    Examines the crucial battle of Balaclava, including: the attack on the redoubts; the action of the thin red line in which an assortment of about 700 British troops, some invalids…

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    The Oriental Obsession: Islamic Inspiration in British and American Art and Architecture 1500-1920

    John Sweetman

    The book is concerned with a subject which has not been treated before - the history over four centuries of Islamic artistic traditions and European ideas of Islam as they…

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    The Dambusters - ‘Was it Worth it?’: Barnes Wallis and the Men Behind the Raid in Their Own Words

    John Sweetman

    Based on interviews and correspondence with those closely associated with, and actually involved in, the Dambusters Raid.

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    Identity

    John Sweetman

    A page-turning detective memoir - fascinating insider insight into prominent Irish crimes and the forensics that helped to solve them.

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    Cavalry of the Clouds: Air War over Europe 1914-1918

    John Sweetman

    Cavalry of the clouds

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    Sydney Camm: Hurricane and Harrier Designer: Saviour of Britain

    John Sweetman

    The full story of one of the UKs most influential aeronautical engineers, an individual who contributed to many Hawker aircraft designs, from the biplanes of the 1920s to jet fighters.

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    The Artist and the Bridge, 1700-1920

    John Sweetman

    The bridge was a popular feature in painting throughout the period from 1700 to 1920, but why did so many artists choose to portray the structures? This study traces the…

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    Account Of Improvements In Chronometers, Made By John Sweetman Eiffe

    John Sweetman Eiffe

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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    The Dambusters Raid

    Dr John Sweetman

    The most audacious bombing raid in history is explained in detail within this text. It includes the complex design and testing of Barnes Wallis’ theories, including dummy runs across English…

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    Account of Improvements in Chronometers, Made by Mr. John Sweetman Eiffe; for Which a Reward was Granted to him by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. With an Appendix, Containing Mr. Robert Molyneux’s Specification of a Patent for Improvements in C

    Great Britain Admiralty, John Sweetman Eiffe, Robert Molyneux

    This technical report documents the development of improved chronometers for use in navigation and other purposes. With detailed descriptions of the mechanisms involved and the testing process used, this book…

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    Account of Improvements in Chronometers, Made by Mr. John Sweetman Eiffe; for Which a Reward was Granted to him by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. With an Appendix, Containing Mr. Robert Molyneux’s Specification of a Patent for Improvements in C

    Great Britain Admiralty, John Sweetman Eiffe, Robert Molyneux

    This technical report documents the development of improved chronometers for use in navigation and other purposes. With detailed descriptions of the mechanisms involved and the testing process used, this book…

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    Faith and the Life of the Intellect

    Is it possible to be both a religious believer and a professional philosopher? This work brings together a group of Catholic philosophers concerned with the question of the proper relationship…

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    Leathernecks: An Illustrated History of the United States Marine Corps

    Merrill L. Bartlett,Jack Sweetman,Col. John W. Ripley, USMC

    Combines a lively, well-researched narrative with a generous selection of illustrations, many in colour, and numerous maps to provide a topically and chronologically balanced history of the US Marine Corps…

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