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Horsemen in No Man's Land "This is a well balanced and considered study of the tactics and ethos of the cavalryman and makes for absorbing reading." The Great War Magazine Of what use were the British cavalry during the years of trench warfare on the Western Front? On a static battlefield dominated by the weapons of the industrial age, by the machine gun and massed artillery, the cavalry were seen as an anachronism. They were vulnerable to modern armaments, of little value in combat and a waste of scarce resources. At least, that is the common viewpoint. Indeed, the cavalry have been consistently underestimated since the first histories of the Great War were written. But, in light of modern research, is this the right verdict? David Kenyon seeks to answer this question in his thought-provoking new study. His conclusions challenge conventional wisdom on the subject they should prompt a radical re-evaluation of the role of the horseman on the battlefields of France and Flanders a century ago. |
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The Brave Blue Line received a great review in the Daily Express "It is the author's moral passion that helps to make this such a compelling book. he also has an easy style and dry turn of phrase, as when he describes one pederast cavalry officer from the Edwardian age, who was caught "mounting a drummer boy instead of a steed". There is a wealth of marvellous period detail in the descriptions, conjuring up images of a vanished world of shabby hotels and dud cheques, of smoky pubs and horse-drawn vehicles. And at the heart of this world was a truly gallant police force." Leo McKistry, Daily Express |
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ShipCraft 19: County Class Cruisers
The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans. This volume covers the British 10,000-ton ‘Treaty Cruisers’, thirteen of which were built to three slightly varying designs between the wars. With three funnels and a high freeboard, they were impressive ships, and all enjoyed very active wartime careers - three were involved in the Bismarck action and another with the sinking of the Scharnhorst. Click here to view this extract. |
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