Gravestone of an Unknown Soldier of the Royal Scots Fusiliers
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Gravestone of an Unknown Soldier of the Royal Fusiliers
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Gravestone of an Unknown Soldier of the Royal Field Artillery
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The Athenian Funeral Oration
Title | The Athenian Funeral Oration PDF eBook |
Author | David M. Pritchard |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 555 |
Release | 2024-01-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1009413066 |
In classical Athens, a funeral speech was delivered for dead combatants almost every year, the most famous being that by Pericles in 430 BC. In 1981, Nicole Loraux transformed our understanding of this genre. Her The Invention of Athens showed how it reminded the Athenians who they were as a people. Loraux demonstrated how each speech helped them to maintain the same self-identity for two centuries. But The Invention of Athens was far from complete. This volume brings together top-ranked experts to finish Loraux's book. It answers the important questions about the numerous surviving funeral speeches that she ignored. It also undertakes a comparison of the funeral oration with other genres that is missing in her famous book. What emerges is a speech that had a much greater political impact than Loraux thought. This volume puts the study of war in Athenian culture on a completely new footing.
Somme 1916
Title | Somme 1916 PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald Gliddon |
Publisher | The History Press |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 2009-11-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0752495356 |
Gerald Gliddon's classic survery of the Somme battlefield in 1916, first published in 1987 to great acclaim, has been greatly expanded and updated to include the latest research and analysis. Supported by a wide selection of archive photographs and drawing on the testimony of those who took part, this new edition covers both the famous battle sites, such as High Wood and Mametz Wood and lesser known villages on the outlying flanks. It includes a day-by-day account of the British build-up on the Somme and the ensuing struggle, British and German orders of battle and a full history of the cemeteries and memorials, both 'lost' and current, that sprang up in the years following the First World War. The author also provides thumbnail biographies of all the senior officers to fall, as well as the winners of the Victoria Cross and those who were 'shot at dawn'. In addition, Somme 'personalities' such as George Butterworth are covered in far greater detail than before.
Menin Gate North
Title | Menin Gate North PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Chapman |
Publisher | Pen and Sword |
Pages | 433 |
Release | 2016-11-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1473850916 |
This is a comprehensive and highly emotive volume, borne of years of intensive research and many trips to the battlefields of the Great War. It seeks to humanize the Menin Gate Memorial (North), to offer the reader a chance to engage with the personal stories of the soldiers whose names have been chiseled there in stone. Poignant stories of camaraderie, tragic twists of fate and noble sacrifice have been collated in an attempt to bring home the reality of war and the true extent of its tragic cost. It is hoped that visitors to the battlefields, whether their relatives are listed within or not, will find their experience enriched by having access to this treasure trove of stories.
Gravestone of an Unknown Soldier of the King's Royal Rifle Corps
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