Memoirs, Biographies and Diaries

Memoirs, Biographies and Diaries

Sort by: Title Our Price Date added Result pages: 1 2 3 » See details WHICKER’S WAR A war memoir to remember from the dapper and durable TV report Alan Whicker, who recounts his grandstand view of the Italian campaign and its commanders - Monty, Alexander and Mark Clark - from the beaches of Salerno and Anzio to the Alps via Monte Cassino, Rome and Florence. Retail Price: £7.99 Our price: £2.95 save 63%   January sale price: £2.36 Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list See details SECRET ANNEXE: An Anthology of War Diarists Large and entertaining anthology of diaries written during wartime down the ages - soldiers as well as civilians, and women as well as men. Retail Price: £14.99 Our price: £6.95 save 54%   January sale price: £5.56 Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list See details BLITZKRIEG IN THEIR OWN WORDS: First-hand Accounts From German Soldiers 1939-1940 First English translation of a wartime collection of first-hand accounts of the Nazi Blitzkrieg campaigns that destroyed Poland and France. Full of bombast and arrogant propaganda - yet has all the authentic brutal excitement of war Retail Price: £19.99 Our price: £6.95 save 65%   January sale price: £5.56 Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list See details COLONEL OF TAMARKAN : PHILIP TOOSEY & THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI The true story behind the famous film ‘The Bridge on the RIver Kwai’ written by the granddaughter of Colonel Philip Toosey, the British officer who built the famous bridge in real life. A moving tribute to a forgotten hero. Retail Price: £8.99 Our price: £1.50 save 83%   January sale price: £1.20 Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list See details SOLDIERS OF THE LEIBSTANDARTE : SS-Brigadefuhrer Wilhelm Mohnke and 62 Soldiers of Hitler’s Elite DIvision Definitive history of one of the war’s most notorious units, the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, which expanded from Hitler’s personal bodyguards to a Waffen SS Panzer and Grenadier division. With hundreds of previously unpublished photos, award decorations, and based on the author’s interviews with ... Our price: £85.00   January sale price: £68.00 Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list See details CHURCHILL GOES TO WAR: Winston’s Wartime Journeys   Our price: £20.00   January sale price: £16.00 Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list See details FACE OF COURAGE: The 98 men who received both the Knights Cross and the Close Combat clasp in gold The story of the 98 soldiers of the German Armed Forces — Army, Air Force and Waffen-SS — who were awarded both the Knight’s Cross and the Close Combat Clasp in Gold during World War II. Our price: £55.00   January sale price: £44.00 Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list See details AN ACTIVE SERVICE: The Story of a Soldier’s Life in the Grenadier Guards, SAS and SBS, 1939-58 Adventurous life of a Grenadier Guardsman turned WW2 SAS & SBS soldier. SId Dowland’s wartime career will delight all who read it. Our price: £17.95   January sale price: £14.36 Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list See details WAR MAGICIAN: The Man Who Conjured Victory in the Desert Jasper Maskelyne was a real-life Harry Potter - a magician whose bizarre but important role in helping to win the Desert War is fully revealed at last in this intriguing book. World famous for his stage act as an illusionist in the 1930s, Maskelyne offered his unique services to his country when... Retail Price: £16.99 Our price: £4.95 save 71%   January sale price: £3.96 Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list See details LOST SOULS OF THE RIVER KWAI: Experiences of a British Soldier on the Railway of Death Survivor’s moving memoir of the death and suffering of thousands of PoWs at the hands of the Japanese on the RIver Kwai during the Second World War. Retail Price: £16.99 Our price: £7.95 save 53%   January sale price: £6.36 Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Buy Now Add to wish list