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The Napoleonic Wars by Richard Holmes
Category: History
Includes rare illustrations and documents of historic importance.
The Romantic Poets and Their Circle by Richard Holmes
Category: Gift | Series: National Portrait Gallery Companions
The ideal of the inspired artist owes its origin to the figures of the Romantic period, who revolutionised English art and literature. In this book, Richard Holmes explores the portraits and lives of such key poets as Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats, and assesses the impact of their work ...Show more
The Second World War in Photographs: In Association with Imperial War Museums by Richard Holmes
Category: Military
As we approach the 70th Anniversary of D-Day and the steady Allied push to victory, it is timely to reflect on the greatest military conflict of all time. Written by leading military historian Richard Holmes, this book presents a selection of images year by year, covering every theatre of operations. Th ...Show more
The World at War: The Landmark Oral History from the Previously Unpublished Archives by Richard Holmes
Category: Biography
"The World at War" is the definitive television work on the Second World War. It set out to tell the story of the war through the testimony of key participants - from civilians to ordinary soldiers, from statesmen to generals. First broadcast in 1973, the result was a unique and irreplaceable record sin ...Show more
This Long Pursuit - Reflections of a Romantic Biographer by Richard Holmes
Category: Biography
Across three centuries, and much of Europe - "Holmes writes beautifully... A masterly performance by the greatest literary biographer of his generation' The Oldie Thirty years ago Richard Holmes published Footsteps - a revolutionary book that would become a bestseller and influence profoundly a whole g ...Show more
This Long Pursuit - Reflections of a Romantic Biographer by Richard Holmes
Category: Biography
'A masterly performance by the greatest literary biographer of his generation' Oldie In this kaleidoscope of stories spanning art, science and poetry, award-winning writer Richard Holmes travels across three centuries, through much of Europe and into the lively company of many earlier biographers. Cen ...Show more
Tommy : the British soldier on the Western Front by Richard Holmes
Category: Military
The first history of World War I to place centre-stage the British soldier who fought in the trenches, this superb and important book tells the story of an epic and terrible war through the letters, diaries and memories of those who fought it.The First World War is embedded in the British consciousness. ...Show more
Troop Leader - A Tank Commander's Story by Bill Bellamy; Richard Holmes (Foreword by)
Category: Military | Series: Sutton Ser.
Commissioned out of Sandhurst in 1943, nineteen-year-old Bill Bellamy joined the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars. Following the Normandy landings in June 1944, he was involved in the great tank battles around the town of Caen, the battle of Mont Pincon, and then the Allied breakout into Belgium. There fo ...Show more
Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armour by Richard Holmes
Category: Military
With a spectacular illustrated journey through 4,000 years of weaponry, Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armour is the most comprehensive visual reference charting the history of arms and armour worldwide. Follow the evolution of weaponry from stone maces to machine-guns, and discover the brutal his ...Show more
Wellington The Iron Duke by Richard Holmes
Category: Non-Fiction
Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britain
William Blake by William Blake; Richard Holmes (Introduction by)
Category: Art
William Blake is a universal artist - an inspiration to visual artists, musicians, poets and performers worldwide as well as everyone who aspires to the ideals of personal, spiritual and creative liberty. His heroic story has inspired and invigorated generations: his personal struggles in a period of po ...Show more
World War II (The Definitive Visual Guide) by Richard Holmes
Category: Military | Series: Definitive Visual Guide
This is the definitive visual history of the people, politics and events of the epic conflict that shaped the modern world, World War II. From the build-up of hostility in the years leading up to the war, through to the reverberations still felt in the aftermath, this is a compelling, accessible and imm ...Show more