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As the snow fell on the face it froze, and my hair was matted with ice, and icicles formed on my eyelashes. So intense was the cold that whenever I was compelled in visiting the sentries or otherwise to face the blast, my nose burst out bleeding, which with the exposure exhausted one so much, that it was only the certainty of never rising again that prevented me throwing myself down in the snow.'This is just one of many lurid passages from the...

Grub's a little monster with a big problem: he's absolutely terrified of humans, especially the one his brother says lives under his bed.Will Grub find humans at the edge of the forest... or something even worse?

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To most students of the Peninsular War the name Robert Craufurd evokes images of a battle-hardened martinet, flogging his men across Portugal and Spain, driving them hard and generally taking a tough stance against anything and everything that did not meet with his own strict disciplinarian code.But that is only a partial picture of this most complex character, and it is the other side of Craufurd's personality that is revealed in this, the fi...

This book deals with the problems generated by those cases of insolvency (either of an individual or of a company) involving more than one system of law, that bring into operation the principles and methods of private international law. The second edition has now been updated to October 2006, with a supplement covering key developments in case law and legislation, including commentary on the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006.

On 20 September 1854 the combined British and French armies confronted the Russians at the river Alma in the critical opening encounter of the Crimean War. This was the first major battle the British had fought on European soil since Waterloo almost 40 years before. returncharacterreturncharacterIn this compelling and meticulously researched study, Ian Fletcher and Natalia Ishchenko reconstruct the battle in vivid detail, using many rare and u...

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A "desperate business" was how the Duke of Wellington described the Battle of Waterloo following the Allied victory there on June 18, 1815. Ian Fletcher tells the story of the Waterloo Campaign and illustrates just how desperate the battle was, with Wellington's Anglo-Dutch army hanging on to the ridge at Mont St Jean until their Prussian allies arrived to put the seal on one of the most decisive victories in military history.

A military account of Wellington's armies from 1808 to 1815, which blazed a trail of glory across the Iberian Peninsula from Portugal to southern France, fighting a score of major battles and storming three powerfully held fortresses.

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The Guards in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, 1808-1815.

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This text concerns itself with the performance of the much-maligned British Cavalry in the Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo. The author reveals that their bad reputation is founded on but a few misadventures, and that greater credit should be given to this regiment.

Contains aerial photographs taken from a balloon in 1914, showing the defences of Badajoz as they would have appeared at the time.

A military history of the Waterloo campaign from the perspective of the British Army. The author begins with the break-up of Wellington's army at the end of the Penninsular War, continues with the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo and then examines the fighting that followed.

This supplement to the second edition covers key developments in case law and legislation in the subject up to October 2006, and is an essential purchase for all who have already bought the main work. It includes the full text of the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006, along with commentary on the regulations. The supplement also includes the text of Council Regulation 694/2006, amending EC Regulation 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings,...

This book deals with the problems generated by those cases of insolvency (either of an individual or of a company) involving more than one system of law, that bring into operation the principles and methods of private international law. The author provides guidance on the ways in which workable solutions to practical problems can be achieved using national and international remedies now available, including assistance available from foreign co...

This edited collection examines the campaign for women's suffrage from an international perspective. Leading international scholars explore the relationship between suffragism and other areas of social and political struggle, and examine the ideological and cultural implications of gendered constructions of 'race', nation and empire. The book includes comprehensive case-studies of Britain, India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Palest...

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