Download or read book British Heroes in Foreign Wars written by James Grant and published by London: G. Routledge. This book was released on 1858 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book British Heroes in Foreign Wars written by James Grant and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-16 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

Download or read book The Cavaliers of Fortune Or British Heroes in Foreign Wars written by James Grant and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book British Heroes in Foreign Wars written by James Grant and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book British Heroes in Foreign Wars Or the Cavaliers of Fortune A New Edition with Coloured Illustrations written by James Grant and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Heroes of Britain in Peace and War written by Edwin Hodder and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Heroes and Villains of the British Empire written by Stephen Basdeo and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the sixteenth until the twentieth century, British power and influence gradually expanded to cover one quarter of the world’s surface. The common saying was that “the sun never sets on the British Empire”. What began as a largely entrepreneurial enterprise in the early modern period, with privately run joint stock trading companies such as the East India Company driving British commercial expansion, by the nineteenth century had become, especially after 1857, a state-run endeavor, supported by a powerful military and navy. By the Victorian era, Britannia really did rule the waves. Heroes of the British Empire is the story of how British Empire builders such as Robert Clive, General Gordon, and Lord Roberts of Kandahar were represented and idealized in popular culture. The men who built the empire were often portrayed as possessing certain unique abilities which enabled them to serve their country in often inhospitable territories, and spread what imperial ideologues saw as the benefits of the British Empire to supposedly uncivilized peoples in far flung corners of the world. These qualities and abilities were athleticism, a sense of fair play, devotion to God, and a fervent sense of duty and loyalty to the nation and the empire. Through the example of these heroes, people in Britain, and children in particular, were encouraged to sign up and serve the empire or, in the words of Henry Newbolt, “Play up! Play up! And Play the Game!” Yet this was not the whole story: while some writers were paid up imperial propagandists, other writers in England detested the very idea of the British Empire. And in the twentieth century, those who were once considered as heroic military men were condemned as racist rulers and exploitative empire builders.

Download or read book Heroes of Britain in Peace and War written by Edwin Hodder and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 21st Century Courage written by Mark Felton and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines examples of outstanding courage exhibited by people living in modern Britain. These include British servicemen and servicewomen serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, police officers, and ordinary civilians in Britain and around the world. All of the cases cited have been awarded gallantry medals by the British government since 2000.The purpose of the book is to inspire modern British people. In the past, the heroes of Empire were well-known and respected, but since the Second World War people have tended to associate heroism with celebrity instead. We hear footballers and actors described as heroes, and this demeans the word, and the real heroes of modern British society. The generations that fought the First and Second World Wars have often been held up as the greatest generations of British people. This book shows Britons that the kind of grit, determination, courage and willingness to have a go exhibited by previous generations are as alive now as they ever were, and heroes can come from all walks of life and all ethnic groups in modern Britain.

Download or read book Sleep in Peace Tonight written by James MacManus and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's January 1941, and the Blitz is devastating England. Food supplies are low, Tube stations in London have become bomb shelters, and U-boats have hampered any hope of easy victory. Though the United States maintains its isolationist position, Churchill knows that England is finished without the aid of its powerful ally. Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's most trusted adviser, is sent to London as his emissary, and there he falls under the spell of Churchill's commanding rhetoric---and legendary drinking habits. As he experiences life in a country under attack, Hopkins questions the United States' silence in the war. But back home FDR is paranoid about the isolationist lobby, and even Hopkins is having trouble convincing him to support the war. As Hopkins grapples with his mission and personal loyalties, he also revels in secret clubs with newsman Edward R. Murrow and has an affair with his younger driver. Except Hopkins doesn't know that his driver is a British intelligence agent. She craves wartime action and will go to any lengths to prove she should be on the front line. This is London under fire, and it's only when the night descends and the bombs fall that people's inner darkness comes to light. In Sleep in Peace Tonight, a tale of courage, loyalty, and love, and the sacrifices one will make in the name of each, James MacManus brings to life not only Blitz-era London and the tortuous politics of the White House but also the poignant characters and personalities that shaped the course of world history.

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Download or read book British Foreign Policy 1874 1914 written by Sneh Mahajan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-27 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A challenging analysis of British Foreign Policy is provided at a time when Britain possessed the biggest Empire that humankind has ever known. In this Empire India had a unique position, comprising 97 per cent of Britain's Asiatic Empire. All British statesmen deemed it essential to maintain their hold over India whatever the risk or cost of doing so. This work focuses on aspects that have been hitherto marginalized. It also contributes to debates surrounding the origins of the First World War, the multipolar diplomacy of the late nineteenth century, and the nature of imperial connections.

Download or read book Publishers circular and booksellers record written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The English Catalogue of Books annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.