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churchill - the second world war: 6 volume set - cassell & coare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolume 1 (the gathering storm) - 640 pages - volume 2 (their finest hour) - 683 pages - volume 3 (the grand alliance) - 818 pages - volume 4 (the hinge of fate) - 917 pages - volume 5 (closing the ring) - 673 pages - volume 6 (triumph and tragedy) - 716 pages - this set is in good condition - clean bright contents - all volumes are first editions - volumes 3 - 6 have dust jackets - each volume discusses the various tactical developments that unfolded during the world war that spanned from - includes numerous coloured and non-coloured fold-out maps to further explain the military strategies utilised throughout the war - a very nice collector's sethardback - cm x 15 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Good condition the unrelenting struggle - winston s churchill - second world war speeches publisher ‏: ‎ cassell and company ltd; 2nd edition (1 jan) language ‏: ‎ english hardcover ‏: ‎ 349 pages
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The master work by churchill for the true enthusiastare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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It is and it is clear that britain will soon be at war and mi5 has learnt that an enemy agent has been dispatched to england to assassinate winston churchillverity browne is also at cliveden, much as she despises the 'cliveden set'oxfam bookshop brigg lord edward corinth embarks on his most important investigationthe race against time to identify churchill's would-be assassin and the murderer of verity's friend takes the intrepid duo to switzerland and a nail-biting climax on st moritz's icy cresta runand when the ambassador's sons joe and jack kennedy discover the body of a man in cliveden's grounds, verity is dismayed to recognise the dead man as a former journalistic colleague from the civil war that still rages in spainthe assassin's identity is unknown and lord edward, pursuing one line of enquiry, goes to cliveden, the astor's country house in buckinghamshiresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe has been ordered by her superiors in the communist party to get as close as possible to one of the astor's guests, joesph kennedy, the american ambassador in the uk
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham jennie jerome was a controversial american society girl and mother of britain's most revered statesman, winston churchillcharles higham draws from previously overlooked sources to provide much that is startlingly new about the remarkable and tempestuous life of jennie jeromethe book charts her luxurious new york upbringing, her eyebrow-raising entry into the british aristocracy through marriage to lord randolph churchill, son of the duke of marlborough, her endless line of liaisons with men of vastly inferior years, and a very different sort of affair in the highest of high places - with the prince of wales, the future king edward vii (one of many kings and princes to win her affection)see oxfam website for delivery information read morepassionately in love with life, expressive of her sexuality when women were supposed to hide it, beautiful and independent minded, jennie jerome was decades ahead of her timea single-minded and dynamic woman she was an early feminist, advocate of irish independence, and, above all, was notorious for her promiscuity
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During world war ii, with the threat of a german invasion looming, british prime minister winston churchill (oldman) faces some huge decisions as he plots to stop the nazi advancewith time running out, churchill must decide whether to negotiate with the germans in a bid to save british lives or rally his troops and fight back against all the odds see oxfam website for delivery information read morein excellent conditionoxfam shop inverness gary oldman stars in this british war drama directed by joe wrightthe cast also includes ben mendelsohn, kristin scott thomas and lily james
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During world war ii, with the threat of a german invasion looming, british prime minister winston churchill (oldman) faces some huge decisions as he plots to stop the nazi advancewith time running out, churchill must decide whether to negotiate with the germans in a bid to save british lives or rally his troops and fight back against all the oddsoxfam bookshop cheltenham gary oldman stars in this british war drama directed by joe wrightthe cast also includes ben mendelsohn, kristin scott thomas and lily jamessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Two volumes - the world in crisis winston schurchill used but in good condition, does show signs of wear as to be expected - please see pictures thank you
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F battle of britain print de picting hurricane fighters shouting down a gernam bomber with squadron badges and quotes from winston churchill slight damage on picture and frame read more
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Comprising: queen elizabeth the queen mother / golden jubilee of queen elizabeth ii / queen elizabeth ii 50th anniversary of the coronation / queen elizabeth ii and prince philip 50th anniversary of the coronation / king george vi, queen elizabeth the queen mother and winston churchill 60th anniversary of the end of world war iiall have been kept boxed since acquiring
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Cabinet war rooms london coin- winston churchill on one side and image of london on the obversethe age of the coin is unknown but is thought to date from the ’s / ’ssale price-£ plus postage and packing of £2very good condition- cased
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Comprising: queen elizabeth the queen mother / golden jubilee of queen elizabeth ii / queen elizabeth ii 50th anniversary of the coronation / queen elizabeth ii and prince philip 50th anniversary of the coronation / king george vi, queen elizabeth the queen mother and winston churchill 60th anniversary of the end of world war iiall have been kept boxed since acquiringreduced from ÂŁ10
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Two peggy nisbet dolls - prince charles in regalia, and winston churchill in regalia excellent condition
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Mother teresa, bill gates, winston churchill, charlie chaplin, wolfgang amadeus mozart, neil armstrong, james watt, jessie owens, alexander graham bell, leonardo da vinci and john harrison12 vintage millenium sainsburys coinsdispatched fast,i aim to dispatch items within 24 hours of purchase (monday to friday) from a non smoker & pet free home read more
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Oxfam shop ulverston a lovely pack of top trumps cards this set relates to the treasures found at bletchley park, from the enigma machine to a statue of alan turing, from the colossus computer to a bust of winston churchill, from a norton wd 16h motorbike to a packard six car, and many more, including porgy the teddy! see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Includes commemorative crowns for winston churchill, jfk, royal wedding, silver jubilee, eire golden jubilee and bank of tokyomixed selection of coins for sale22 crowns in total
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Oxfam bookshop harrogate this is the story of the actress who became a hollywood legend by winning the coveted role of scarlett o'hara in gone with the wind, and whose circle included both theatrical and political celebrities, from winston churchill to noel coward, john gielgud, and marlon brandoas the new york times wrote of the hardcover edition, "to read her story is to be inspired with pity and terrorbut behind the dazzling exterior lay the sinister shadow of another vivien leigh-a shadow which pursued her throughout her aristocratic upbringing, her frustrating first marriage, her tempestuous romance with laurence olivier, and her meteoric rise to stardom" see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham william gladstone, king edward vii of england, winston churchill - if the roll call of visitors to warren house, one of the finest victorian stately homes in the south of england, is impressive, then the wider cast of characters associated with the house and its owners is a veritable who's who of the political, cultural and social elite of their daythis is a social tale of individual lives, enriched by the first-hand accounts of two former residents - nurse lilian philips who lived and worked at the house during the second world war, and former serbian refugee - now canadian citizen - bill pazaratzsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreowner george cawston was an original board member of cecil rhodes' british south africa company; tsar nicholas ii and empress consort alexandra received his successor arthur paget; while other denizens of warren house inspired characters in the works of edith wharton and henry jamesthe fascinating text is enriched by beautiful illustrations of the house and its splendid gardens, past and present
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Understand that it was purchased and reconditioned from a sale at winston churchill’s home, however i do not have evidence of its provenancefamily instrument for the past 35 yearspurchased from milton keynes piano workshop
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Illustrated in colour throughout: winston churchill, friar roger bacon, don bradman, joe louis & many morebrief accounts of great men from world war ii, discovery & invention, history, sport etcinscription inside front cover, otherwise unmarked internally see oxfam website for delivery information read moregeorge and the dragoncoloured boards endpapers illustrated in colour with stdustjacket torn and chipped (see illustrations)oxfam bookshop thame cloth spine worn top and bottomundated edition
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A complete set of shell sticker collection from the 's comprising 20 great britons and their times from king alfred to winston churchill
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The following year, several rich hippies, including winston churchill's granddaughter, provided funds to enlarge the event, and people turned up to see david bowie and joan baezin , a young farmer named michael eavis opened his 150-acre farm to people who paid one pound each to watch a handful of pop and folk stars perform all weekend long, and the glastonbury festival was bornoxfam bookshop lymington documentary released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of britain's best-known music festivalinterweaving images of impromptu art happenings, skeptical locals, and stirring performances by music legends, not to mention the unbridled energy of each successive generation of youthful music fans, glastonbury skillfully chronicles the evolution of the longest-running music festival in the worldfor most of the past 30 years, the worthy farm in glastonbury has provided a delirious outdoor concert for thousands of people over the summer-solstice weekendsee oxfam website for delivery information read more julien temple, whose film the filth and the fury screened at sundance in , has spent the past few years collecting footage from every single glastonbury festival, ranging from professional outtakes from the film nicolas roeg made about the event to amateur home videos collected from the attendees themselves, often retrieved from forgotten corners of closets and attics
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Great britain sir winston churchill commemorative crown coin in protective case (km# 910)the offer price is exclusive of packaging and postage costs which will be as follows: packaging (small jiffy bag): £0sheldon grading scaleone of minted, this copper-nickel coin is in almost fleur-de-coin (afdc) condition on the european grading system, or superb mint state (ms-67) on the u45; or postage – royal mail 'uk signed' 2nd class service for large letter up to and including 100g: £2should they also be of interest, economies of scale may be made on the cost of packaging and postage of other queen elizabeth ii coins that i have advertised on this website14; and postage – royal mail 'uk signed' 1st class service for large letter up to and including 100g: £2
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His flamboyant personality charmed those who came in contact with him, including winston churchill, sigmund freud and queen elizabeth iishe chronicles her father's life from humble origins in modern-day croatia to his refuge from the nazis in southern england and the life and career he made for himself in and around londonvery minor shelfwearoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardcover, , peter owen, first editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe result is an intimate biography of an artist, husband and fatheroscar nemon () is one of the 20th century's greatest sculptors, as testified by his iconic portraits of elder statesmen and major figures displayed all over the worlddark green boards with silver lettering, dustwrapperhis daughter aurelia reveals the stories behind his artistic and personal encounters with presidents, prime ministers, royalty and others
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Impressed by the performance of the german paratroopers in belgium and the netherlands in , and on crete in , winston churchill ordered the creation of a british airborne force of no less than parachutiststhe result was the 1st and 6th airborne divisions, and this is their story, as told by the men themselvesoxfam bookshop cheltenham this book is full of untold short stories of men who created a legend, the legend of the british airborne forces during the second world warcovering everything from the initial training at hardwick hall and ringway through their first operations in north africa and italy, to d-day, operation market garden and the crossing of the rhine, this is a compelling account of the war fought by the paratroopers and their comrades in the glider unitstheir task was to land behind enemy lines and take and hold or destroy key objectives while ground troops advanced toward themsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Born in , he became winston churchill's scientific adviser and close friend and reached the pinnacle of political, scientific and social life in britainhe advised on all the central issues of the war, including the u-boat threat, the bombing of germany, the v-weapon peril and the creation of the atom bombhe repeatedly risked his own life - and saved many others - in demonstrating how to escape from aeroplane spina gifted musician and sportsman, as a young man he played tennis against both the kaiser and the czarhe went on to become one of the world's leading figures in science's heroic agehe championed and befriended einsteinand, between the wars, he established almost from scratch oxford university's international reputation in physicssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreduring the s, lindemann campaigned strenuously against appeasement and moved to the centre of policy-making when he joined the cabinetoxfam books & music durham frederick lindemann, viscount cherwell, was one of the most influential yet least known figures of the 20th century
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"writing with passion and flair, hitchens targets the pernicious effects of tv culture, the "corruption and decay" of the english language, the loss of politeness, and the "syrupy confessional mood" brought on by the death of diana, which hitchens contrasts with the somber national response to the death of winston churchill" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe new britain is government by focus group in which people are told what to feel as a way of preventing them from asking how they want to be governedone english critic called the abolition of britain "an elegant jeremiad" in which peter hitchens identifies everything that has gone wrong with britain since world war ii and makes the case for "those many millions who feel that they have become foreigners in their own land and wish with each succeeding day that they could turn the clock backlooking at the changed face of his country, hitchens finds a "politically correct zeal for the new" whose impact on daily life has been "as devastating in effect, if not in violence, as mao tse tung's cultural revolution in chinaoxfam bookshop cheltenham a surprise best seller in england, the abolition of britain is bitingly witty and fiercely argued, yet also filled with somber appreciation for what "the idea of england" has always meant to the west and to the world at largeif there is a term that summarizes everything that has gone wrong in britain, it is "tony blairism," which hitchens sees as having rewritten england's history, trivialized its journalism, subverted its educational system and cultural standards, and overthrown accepted notions of patriotism, faith, and morality
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Gathering a social set that would provide inspiration for brideshead revisited, sassoon gave parties at which winston churchill argued with george bernard shaw, while noël coward and lawrence of arabia mingled with flamingos and rex whistler painted murals as the party carried on around thema famed aesthete, politician and patron of the arts, philip sassoon lived in a world of english elegance and oriental flairoxfam bookshop cheltenham the story of a fascinating man who connected the great politicians, artists and thinkers at the height of british global power and influenceand yet as the heir of wealthy jewish traders from the souks of baghdad, philip craved acceptance from the english establishmentnot merely a wealthy socialite, he worked at the right hand of douglas haig during the first world war and then for prime minister lloyd george for the settlement of the peacesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was close to king edward viii during the abdication crisis, and minister for the air force in the sin charmed life, damian collins explores an extraordinary connected life at the heart of society during the height of british global power and influence
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He was also responsible for sending a platypus to england at winston churchill's request during world war iibook is a signed copy and in very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop haverfordwest the book is a summary by fleay of highlights of his 46 years working with platypuses - he was the first to successfully breed a platypus in captivity, and successfully transported platypuses to new york (no mean feat in the 40s and 50s) not once but twice
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999 silver royal mint ÂŁ20 coins available, they are all unopened and in perfect condition, coins available are: "a timeless first" 4 available "outbreak" 1 available "sir winston churchill" 1 available "the longest reigning monarch" 1 available "queen's 90th birthday" 1 available there are 8 coins in total remaining, i am selling them for their face value so ÂŁ160 for the collection and am happy to sell them individually toofor ÂŁ20 eachplease check my other adspostage is also possible, for details or for any more information please send me a message
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