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Bonaparte and the British(1st Edition)
prints and propaganda in the age of Napoleon
by Tim Clayton, Sheila O'connell
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2015 by British Museum Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7141-2693-7, ISBN: 0-7141-2693-4

"Not only was Waterloo one of the most decisive battles ever fought, was also a crucial event in European political and social history, ending over 20 years of conflict and bringing to his knees one of Europe’s most extraordinary and challenging figures – Napoleon Bonaparte.This intriguing book shows through contemporary prints how Bonaparte was seen from across the English Channel where hostile propaganda was tempered by admiration for ..."






This Dark Business
The Secret War Against Napoleon
by Tim. Clayton
448 Pages, Published 2019 by Abacus
ISBN-13: 978-0-349-14238-8, ISBN: 0-349-14238-6

"This Dark Business tells the story of the British government's determination to destroy Napoleon Bonaparte by any means possible."






Finest Hour(Reprint)
The Battle of Britain
by Philip R. Craig, Tim Clayton
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2002 by Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13: 978-0-684-86931-5, ISBN: 0-684-86931-4

"AGAINST ALL ODDS Sixty years ago, Europe lay at the feet of Adolf Hitler. Standing between Hitler and world domination was the just-appointed Prime Minister Winston Churchill...and a few hundred pilots in the Royal Air Force's Fighter Command. Defeat seemed inevitable. Instead, a legend was born. Taking its readers on a breathtaking journey from open lifeboats in North Atlantic gales to the cockpits of burning fighter planes, "Finest ..."






This Dark Business
The Secret War Against Napoleon
by Tim Clayton
Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2018 by Little, Brown
ISBN-13: 978-1-4087-0864-4, ISBN: 1-4087-0864-7

"Between two attempts in 1800 and 1804 to assassinate Napoleon Bonaparte, the British government launched a campaign of black propaganda of unprecedented scope and intensity to persuade George III's reluctant subjects to fight the Napoleonic War, a war to the death against one man: the Corsican usurper and tyrant. This Dark Business tells the story of the British government's determination to destroy Napoleon Bonaparte by any means possi ..."






Waterloo(1st Edition)
Four Days That Changed Europe's Destiny
by Tim Clayton
Paperback, 704 Pages, Published 2015 by Abacus
ISBN-13: 978-0-349-12301-1, ISBN: 0-349-12301-2

"The second addictive adventure in Tim O'Rourke's acclaimed Sammy Carter series It's been a year since Samantha Carter blasted back to 1888, barely escaping with her life. Now, returned to present-day London with only her nymphomaniac flatmate for company, she's starting to believe that everything - the blood-curdling vampires, her strange and sudden skills with a gun, even her mysterious lover Harry - was nothing but a dream. Just when ..."






Trafalgar(Reprint)
The Men, the Battle, the Storm
by Tim Clayton, Phil Craig
Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 2005 by Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN-13: 978-0-340-83028-4, ISBN: 0-340-83028-X

"Two hundred years ago, Napoleon Bonaparte dominated Europe and threatened Britain with invasion. Against him stood the Royal Navy and the already legendary Admiral Horatio Nelson.On 21 October 1805, a massive naval battle off the coast of Spain decided mastery of the seas. Then, over the following days and nights, the battleships and their exhausted crews endured a gale of awesome fury. As Captain Charles Tyler wrote to his wife Margare ..."






End of the Beginning(1st Edition)
by Tim Clayton, Phil Craig
Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2002 by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-340-76680-4, ISBN: 0-340-76680-8

"In End of the Beginning Tim Clayton and Phil Craig use the same techniques of oral history employed for their previous book. Finest Hour described the events of the first full year of the Second World War, 1940, highlighting the drama of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain by telling the story largely though the testimony of those who were there. End of the Beginning traces the desperate days from May to November 1942, as Rommel swept thr ..."






Sea Wolves(1st Edition)
The Extraordinary Story of Britain's WW2 Submarines
by Tim Clayton
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2001 by Abacus Software
ISBN-13: 978-0-349-12289-2, ISBN: 0-349-12289-X

"Sea Wolves is the story of the crews who bravely manned British submarines in the Second World War. This small band of highly trained and highly skilled individuals fought in the front line for six long years, undertaking some of the most dangerous missions of the war. Britain's Sea Wolves operated close to shore in mined waters, attacking warships and heavily guarded convoys. But in the course of these vital operations, the submariners ..."






Diana(1st Edition)
Story of a Princess
by Tim Clayton, Phil Craig
Hardcover, 416 Pages, Published 2001 by Atria
ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-2205-5, ISBN: 0-7434-2205-8

"The life story of Diana, Princess of Wales, at last is told in full. Here is the first complete, honest, and objective biography that shows all facets of this fascinating and enigmatic woman: her magic, her manipulations, her dazzling public persona, and her role inside the world's most exposed marriage. Drawn from years of research and dozens of interviews with friends and associates speaking on the record for the first time, and based ..."






FINEST HOUR - THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN -(1st Edition)
(COMPANION TO THE PBS SERIES)
by Tim Clayton, Phil Clayton Craig, Philip R. Craig
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 1999 by Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13: 978-0-684-86930-8, ISBN: 0-684-86930-6

"Sixty years ago, Europe lay at the feet of Adolf Hitler. In a series of whirlwind campaigns between September 1939 and June 1940, Germany defeated Poland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and France. It had signed a treaty with the Soviet Union, driven the British Expeditionary Force off the continent of Europe at Dunkirk, and stood poised to invade Great Britain, the only remaining belligerent. Standing between Hi ..."






Finest Hour. Tim Clayton & Phil Craig
by Tim Clayton, Phil Craig
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2011 by Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN-13: 978-1-4447-1019-9, ISBN: 1-4447-1019-2

"Seventy years ago, as Hitler's army continued its relentless advance across Europe, Britain - a country ill-prepared for war - faced its darkest hour. Acclaimed as 'Brilliant' by the Daily Mail and 'Compelling' by the Telegraph, Finest Hour recreates the terror, tragedy and triumph of the Battle of Britain through the testimony of the very men and women who were there. Taken from the diaries, letters and memoirs of those who survived it ..."






Finest Hour
The bestselling story of the Battle of Britain
by Tim Clayton, Phil Craig
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2010 by Hodder Hb
ISBN-13: 978-1-4447-1018-2, ISBN: 1-4447-1018-4

"Seventy years ago, Europe lay at Hitler's feet. Britain faced its darkest hour - outnumbered and friendless as the German army continued its advance. Defeat or capitulation seemed inevitable. But instead a legend was born. Taking its readers on a breathtaking journey from open lifeboats in Atlantic gales to the cockpits of burning fighter-planes, and through cities devastated by the Blitz, FINEST HOUR recreates the terror, the tragedy a ..."






Trafalgar(1st Edition)
by Tim Clayton, Phil Craig
Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2004 by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-340-83026-0, ISBN: 0-340-83026-3

"Two hundred years ago, Napoleon Bonaparte dominated Europe and threatened Britain with invasion. Against him stood the Royal Navy and the already legendary Admiral Horatio Nelson. On 21 October 1805 a massive naval battle off Cape Trafalgar on the coast of Spain decided mastery of the seas. Then, over the following days and nights, the battleships and their exhausted crews endured a gale of awesome fury. As Captain Charles Tyler wrote t ..."






Diana(Reprint)
Story of a Princess
by Tim Clayton, Phil Craig
Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2003 by Atria Books
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-7434-2206-2, ISBN: 0-7434-2206-6

"Based on the groundbreaking ITV/The Learning Channel documentary series, and drawn from years of research and dozens of interviews with friends and associates speaking on the record for the first time, "Diana" contains never-before-revealed information and stunning insights about the beloved -- and largely misunderstood -- Princess of Wales. From claims that Diana was ready to leave Charles just weeks before the wedding to her lifelong ..."






Finest Hour(1st Edition)
by Phil Craig, Tim Clayton, Sir Martin Gilbert, Hugh Kennedy
Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 1999 by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-340-75041-4, ISBN: 0-340-75041-3

"Taking the reader on a journey from the decks of ice-bound destroyers to the cockpits of burning fighter-planes, and through cities devastated by the Blitz, this volume recreates the tragedy, terror and the triumph of the Battle of Britain."






End of the Beginning
From the Siege of Malta to the Victory at Alamein
by Tim Clayton, Phil Craig
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2012 by Hodder & Stoughton
Kindle Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-340-76681-1, ISBN: 0-340-76681-6

"1942 - British troops are stranded in the desert, struggling to hold back Rommel's Afrika Corps. Hitler's armies have reached Moscow, and there are murmurs of discontent at home as new doubts emerge about Churchill's leadership. Elsewhere in Europe there is chilling evidence of the mounting persecution of the Jews, stretching from Poland to the Channel Islands. For many, it seems there is little hope. As in their acclaimed bestseller FI ..."






Tars
by Tim Clayton
Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2007 by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-340-89802-4, ISBN: 0-340-89802-X

"TARS is a gripping firsthand account of life in the Royal Navy at its bloodiest and most tempestuous phase, beginning in 1758. Through the lives of the main protagonists - a small band of sailors aboard HMS Monmouth - TRAFALGAR author Tim Clayton paints a vivid picture of the navy and the era, from close-quarter battles and roistering on the streets of London to the political decisions that built up and knocked down empires. In this de ..."






End of the Beginning
by Phil Craig, Tim Clayton
Paperback, 438 Pages, Published 2002 by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
International Edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-340-79482-1, ISBN: 0-340-79482-8

"Der er sommeren 1942 - Britiske tropper er standet i ørkenen, Hitlers hær har nåetMoskva, og der er utilfredse røster hjemmefra vedrørende Churchills ..."






Finest Hour(Updated)
by Tim Clayton, Phil Craig
Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2001 by Coronet Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-340-76921-8, ISBN: 0-340-76921-1

"This powerful and incisive account of the events of 1940, told through the voices, diaries, letters and memoirs of the men and women who survived it - and those who lost their lives - provides fascinating and often controversial new insights into the conflicts and the politics of the period. "Finest Hour" tells the story of how Britain's darkest hour eventually became its finest. 'Craig digs beneath the time-worn legend of stiff-upper-l ..."






Sea Wolves(Reprint)
The Extraordinary Story of Britain's Ww2 Submarines
by Tim Clayton
Hardcover, 436 Pages, Published 2011 by Little Brown And Company
Kindle Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-1-4087-0229-1, ISBN: 1-4087-0229-0

"Sea Wolves is the story of the crews who bravely manned British submarines in the Second World War. This small band of highly trained and highly skilled individuals fought in the front line for six long years, undertaking some of the most dangerous missions of the war. Britain's Sea Wolves operated close to shore in mined waters, attacking warships and heavily guarded convoys. But in the course of these vital operations, the submariner ..."



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