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Through collaboration with the dowager queen elizabeth woodville, margaret agrees a betrothal between henry and elizabeth's daughter, thereby uniting the families and resolving the cousins war once and for all by founding of the tudor dynastyoxfam shop colne road the second book in philippa's stunning new series, the cousins war, brings to life the story of margaret beaufort, a shadowy and mysterious character in the first book of the series - the white queen - but who now takes centre stage in the bitter struggle of the war of the rosesthe red queen tells the story of the child-bride of edmund tudor, who, although widowed in her early teens, uses her determination of character and wily plotting to infiltrate the house of york under the guise of loyal friend and servant, undermine the support for richard iii and ultimately ensure that her only son, henry tudor, triumphs as king of englandsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The kingmaker's daughter: cousins' war 4 by philippa gregory
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Oxfam shop clitheroe the first in a stunning new series, the cousins war, is set amid the tumult and intrigue of the war of the rosesfrom her uniquely qualified perspective, philippa gregory explores the most famous unsolved mystery, informed by impeccable research and framed by her inimitable storytelling skillsinternationally bestselling author philippa gregory brings this family drama to colourful life through its women, beginning with the story of elizabeth woodville, the white queenthe white queen tells the story of a common woman who ascends to royalty by virtue of her beauty, a woman who rises to the demands of her position and fights tenaciously for the success of her family, a woman whose two sons become the central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the princes in the tower whose fate remains unknown to this daysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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With her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroinessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewidowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward ivoxfam bookshop cheltenham jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry viof all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglected
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincefor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warthe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economyfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-statethe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powerusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary world"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominence
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China's involvement in the korean war in late october inevitably drew soviet pilots into the wara total of 52 soviet pilots scored five or more victories in the korean war" this book uncovers soviet combat experiences during the korean war from detailed unit histories and rare first-hand accountswith access to extensive russian archives, the authors offer an enthralling insight into an air war that has been largely covered up and neglected, illustrated with previously unpublished photographs and detailed full-color profilesthe history of these covert actions has been a long-buried secret and this book will be the first english publication to detail the only instance when the cold war between russia and the us became "hotsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop truro the soviet union began assisting the people's republic of china in its establishment of a modern air force in , when soviet air force regiments were sent to train local pilots
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It will be an essential reference for students of world war 2oxfam bookshop cheltenham the war in italy was characterized by a host of special forces actionson the night of april , the last operational jump of world war 2 took placeae"operation herringthe action did presage the end of the italian campaign and the war in italy, but until now little has been written about this, and other secret operations, on the italian frontthe fact that the italians had formed two governments, one backing the allies and one a puppet german government, meant that the secret war was vital to the allies conventional forces and partisans, the sas, soe, the us oss (precursor to the cia) all played important rolessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoperation herring lasted over 72 hours instead of the 36 initially foreseen, but it turned out to be a success
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Oxfam shop arnold in wealthy scottish socialite dorothy brooke followed her new husband to cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former british war horses leading lives of toil and miserythe legacy of the old war horse memorial hospital and its founder endures today in the dozens of international brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules across africa, asia and latin america grant hayter-menzies chronicles not only the lives and eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation and suffering found respite in the old war horse memorial hospital established by dorothy, but also the story of the challenges of founding and maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scalesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebrought to the middle east by british forces during the great war, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war's end, abandoned as used equipment too costly to send home
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Syria: from the great war to civil war by john mchugo (paperback / softback)title: syria: from the great war to civil war format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: saqi uk release date: language: english
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Based on extensive use of newly available chinese sources, however, this study argues that china's entry into the korean war was brought about by concerns much more complex than simply safeguarding the chinese-korean borderthe author places the making of the sino-american collision in korea in the broader context of both the continuous development of the chinese communist revolution after its nationwide victory and the emerging cold waroxfam bookshop knutsford why did china enter the korean war? what made mao zedong, only one year after the establishment of the people's republic of china, decide to assist north korea in fighting a coalition of nearly all of the western industrial powers?;many scholars have traditionally regarded beijing's decision to enter the war as a reaction to washington's mistake in crossing the 38th parallel and marching towards the yaluhe provides a fresh analytical framework within which to understand the foreign policy and security strategy of the people's republic of chinafirst edition book, annotated in green highlighted pen, examples of which shown in photographs see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The myth of the great war: a new military history of world war i by john mosiertitle: the myth of the great war: a new military history of world war i format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: profile books uk release date: language: english
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There are interviews with war veterans and extracts from diaries, letters and reports from the warthe complete s bbc documentary series on the great war, with all 26 episodesoxfam shop kendal sleeve and box in good condition, showing some shelf wearnarrated by sir michael redgrave, this series features the best archive footage from one million feet of film and photographs collected from 37 individual sources worldwidesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredisks in excellent conditionsmall tear on bottom of spine of one of the inner sleeves
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The book is part of the imperial war museum's oral archiveoxfam shop dumfries forgotten voices of the great war is a collection of interviews with people who lived through the first world warin , the imperial war museum began a momentous and important task see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book is part of the imperial war museum's oral archiveoxfam bookshop victoria forgotten voices of the great war is a collection of interviews with people who lived through the first world warin , the imperial war museum began a momentous and important task see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Vhs videos - the great war, the world at war and reader's digest world war ii videos 23 vides in all i think i am selling these to raise funds for girlguiding
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The faces of world war i: the great war in words & picturesbook binding:n/aauthor:arthur, maxbook condition:likenewworld of books ltd was founded in , recycling books sold to us through charities either directly or indirectly
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There are interviews with war veterans and extracts from diaries, letters and reports from the waroxfam shop hull the complete s bbc documentary series on the great war, with all 26 episodesnarrated by sir michael redgrave, this series features the best archive footage from one million feet of film and photographs collected from 37 individual sources worldwidethis box set still contains the original viewing notes see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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There are interviews with war veterans and extracts from diaries, letters and reports from the waroxfam bookshop brighton the complete s bbc documentary series on the great war, with all 26 episodesnarrated by sir michael redgrave, this series features the best archive footage from one million feet of film and photographs collected from 37 individual sources worldwidesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Title: the atlantic and its enemies: a history of the cold wartitle: the atlantic and its enemies: a history of the cold wardust jacket: falsecondition: goodauthors: stone, normanproduct category: books
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It remains the only war involving the superpowers, china and usa, have faced each otherthe book is clean and bright and tightly boundsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bedford 'the korean war' is an account of this important conflict of the 20th centurymax hastings is one the best writers of military history and this book is one of his earlier works this is a hardback version of this book, it has its dustjacket, which is in very good condition, with no damageit is illustrated with black and white photos
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Though the war has spilled into many other planescape products, the full story of the roaring conflict has never been detailed - until nowcreated for both players and dungeon masters, hellbound: the blood war is a comprehensive resource on the infernal clash that has torn the planes apart for millenniaproduct line: planescape
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Title: the iran-iraq wardust jacket: falsebinding: hardcoverlist price (msrp)condition: very goodauthors: elliott, nicholas,razoux, pierreproduct category: books
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Includes 25 names the war was known by, personal quirks of robert eoxfam bookshop cheltenham wonderfully entertaining look at some intriguing oddities, unusual incidents, and colorful personalities connected with the civil warlee and stonewall jackson, and moresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop ross-on-wye this book is an impressive collection of essays from some of the most prominent american historians discussing the various reasons the civil war came about, and also addressing whether or not the war was inevitablesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock including a civil war tour of chester this very rare book charts the history of the civil war of to and chester's role in it see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is in very good condition, with clean, bright pages and cover
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Purnell's 'history of the world wars' special - the first war planes64 pages of history, description, photos and analysis explores the fascinating development of early air power during the first world warsuperb colour images by john batchelorpublished by bpc inno notes, underlinings etcvery good condition - some edge wear but no tears/rips
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The peace war is quintessential hard-science adventurethe peace authority conquered the world with a weapon that never should have been a weapon--the
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First book in the forever war seriesthe forever war, by joe haldemanfree collectioncan be delivered at additional cost
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Oxfam bookshop st albans photographs from world war 1 from the imperial war museum collection see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe lithograph is numbered from the edition of 300, plate-signed by magritte, features the dry stamps of the magritte foundation & adagp and is countersigned in pencil by mrcharly herscovici, president of the magritte foundation and unique representative of the magritte estaterené magritte (after) - la grande guerre (the great war) lithograph on bfk rives paper plate-signed and numbered from the edition of 300dry stamps of the magritte estate & adagp dimensions 30 x 45 cm (11please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website100 % hand-made in france, from the production of the paper in arches, to the traditional lithographic printing process, one drawing for each different color, one color per press run7' in) created after the oil on canvas, this lithograph was printed and published in in the art-lithographies studio in paris using thick pur chiffon bfk rives papershipped with fedex along with a certificate of authenticitycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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