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Richard Holmes

Soldiers

Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors

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The final landmark work of military history from the late Holmes, now in paperback. Holmes looks at the social history of the British soldier, from those who fought at Blenheim, to Waterloo, the Somme, Ulster, Bengal and the Afghan hills. 'Soldiers is the perfect book to mark the end of Holmes's distinguished career... a pleasure and an education to read.' Financial Times

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  • ISBN: 978-0-00-722570-5
  • EAN: 9780007225705
  • Produktnummer: 12620287
  • Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Seitenangabe: 688 S.
  • Masse: H19.9 cm x B13.0 cm x D5.1 cm 484 g
  • Gewicht: 484
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor


Richard Holmes was one of Britain's most distinguished and eminent military historians and broadcasters. For many years Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University and the Royal Military College of Science, he also taught military history at Sandhurst. He was the author of many best-selling and widely acclaimed books including Redcoat, Tommy, Marlborough and Wellington, and famous for his BBC series such as War Walks, In the Footsteps of Churchill and Wellington. He served in the Territorial Army, retiring as a brigadier and Britain's most senior reservist, and was Colonel of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment from 1999 to 2007. Richard Holmes died suddenly in April 2011 from pneumonia. He had been suffering from non-Hodgkins' Lymphoma.

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