<p>The kings and queens of Britain stalk the pages of this marvelously entertaining anthology as if they were alive today, vividly evoked not only in their own words but in those of their contemporaries -- lovers, rivals,courtiers, critics -- and of others writing in later years with the wisdom of hindsight.</p>

Happy and Glorious! A Collins Anthology of Royalty

PETER VANSITTART

Collins

This stupendous and kaleidscopic book takes the lid off the Great War of 1914-18 and reveals the sight, sound and smell of Armageddon.

Voices from the Great War

Literature & Fiction

Classics

Penguin

This is a description of England by the novelist Peter Vansittart, beginning with the mythical land of Albion, of Jack the Giant Killer, Arthur and Merlin. This idealized view of England informs his account of the more conventional heroes and villains, oppressions and advances in this island.;The author discusses English character traits, and progresses to English personalities such as the British theologian Pelagius, William of Occam, Wycliffe, Wolsey and Elizabeth I. After an a panegyric on the Tudor chimney, a portrait of Shakespeare, and an evocation of that lost art, the masque, the book surveys the period of Merrie England, the Imperial Age and England at war.

In Memory of England

History

Europe

John Murray

A sophisticated, thought-provoking historical novel, set in ancient Greece and Sicily. Vansittart is adept at emphasizing the ideas and personal motives behind historical events. The protagonist is fourth century B.C. soldier and political leader Timoleum of Syracuse, who liberated that city from the control of - Carthage - a fine meditation on Western civilization at an early crossroads."" - Publishers Weekly. ""A concentrated, enigmatic and elegantly cumulative portrait."" - Kirkus Reviews. ""Certain crucial retouchings in the narrative material lend the work a moral intensity that would have gratified Plutarch himself."" - NY Times.

A Choice of Murder

Peter Owen Ltd

These for Remembrance: Memoirs of 6 Friends Killed in the Great War

Buchan, John.

Ashford,Buchan & Enright

Voices From the Great War

Military

Pimlico

<p>John Paul Jones (1747 to 1792) was an argumentative, highly original Scottish seaman. At sea from the age of 12 he commanded slave ships and merchant ships until, following a murder charge, he fled to America. In the War of Independence he was the only rebel to land on English soil, attempting to fire Whitehaven Harbour. Off Flamborough Head, with thousands watching, he captured an English flagship. In his adventurous career he was knighted by Louis XVI, made an Admiral by Catherine the Great, awarded the Congress Gold Medal for Valour by George Washington. In America he is often regarded as the founder of the US Navy. Controversies about this, and about his difficult, pugnacious nature, are the main themes of this story of adventure, violence, disappointments and triumphs in the era of the French and American Revolutions, and the growth of Russia as a world power. About the Author Peter Vansittart is an Honorary Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has published twenty-six novels, five history books, five anthologies, three children s books and three books of memoirs.</p>

John Paul Jones: A restless spirit

Robson Books

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