Keep calm and carry on. In 1939, Britain s Ministry of Information produced this now-ubiquitous reminder to its citizens in the event of widely predicted air attacks. But in the six consecutive years before Germany s surrender to Allied forces, the British public would feel keenly both the physical and moral hardships of war. To boost morale and ......
ISBN-13: 9781904897927
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: TRUSTEE ROYAL ARMOURIES
Located in the heart of South Kensington, Brown and Rosies is a landmark cafe that brings a slice of Australian breakfast and brunch culture to London. The Fresh and Simple cookbook now offers the reader the chance to recreate the sophistication of Brown and Rosies at home. Inspired by years spent in Australia and travels across the world, ......
Published to coincide with a major new exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Buried Treasure lift s the lid or blows the gaff on pirate lore and sayings, sett ing the record straight on the lives and ways of pirates, and revealing the meanings behind and uses of common maritime sayings.
Celtic chieftains emerging from the mists of ancient Wales, the 'battle-keen' Cadogans play their part at Blenheim alongside Marlborough, on board Pellew's Indefatigable, with Wellington at Mondego Bay and Vittoria; at Balaklava and Sevastapol; at Ypres, Gallipoli and El Alamein. But opening the family archives - private letters, diaries and ......
The Cadogan Estate in Chelsea is one of the few remaining ancient family estates in London, covering one of the capital's most dynamic, thriving and fashionable districts.
Never before published or exhibited as a group, the images in Cajun Document illuminate the cultural threads woven through south-central Louisiana at a liminal time in its history.
Growing Up Under Occupation, a Child's Tale of Courage, Risk and Resista
An adventure story, set in war-time, where the main protagonist is a child. Although a fictional account, the story is set in a real historical context and many of the events are based actual first-hand testimony.Set in a rural town in south west France during 1940 to1944, the story examines the impact of the occupation by foreign invaders on ......
There could be no truer witness to the enormity of the First World War, and its terrible cost in lives, than the memorials and war cemeteries along the old Western Front. In Canada, no less than in the other Dominions of the British Empire, the war left a conflicting legacy of pride and sorrow that endures to this day. The soaring Vimy Memorial, ......
