2005, ISBN: 9781844151523

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip (£16.99) to dw/dj.Clear polythene protected,bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork,b… Meer...

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip (£16.99) to dw/dj.Clear polythene protected,bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork,by Jon Sullivan,illustrated upper panel,with yellow lettering; black rear panel with white letters critics' reviews to same; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.A small but heavy impressed indentation to upper panel of dw/dj,unfortunately affecting the board beneath. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - one dog-ear reading crease to pp197/8 top corners' - otherwise could be possibly,carefully read? Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn,3-345pp [paginated] includes prologue,Pts 1-3,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, dramatis personae list/table,and prologue separator page. For James Eldritch the familiar world of the Scottish borders and the bloody skirmishes against the Scots Reivers are becoming a distant memory as he and his men trail across Europe,sold into the service of one of the most ruthless Italian warlords; Alberto Tarsi. But Tarsi's private war with the infamous mercenary leader, Gueldres,is about to be swallowed up in an apocaplypse the like of which has never been seen before as the armies of Francis I and Charles V square up for the struggle that will decide the future of Church and nations alike. And now a new weapon has been built,an unholy contraption of iron and science,a weapon that could dominate the battlefield. Any commander worth his salt will kill to get his hands on it and so will the notorious Inquisition,in the person of Eldritch's nemesis Briconet. James Eldritch is caught up in the lethal race for the new weapon,while trying to stay one step ahead of Briconet and shake off the attentions of the Countess Charlotte,an adventurer at least as cunning and dangerous as himself.In a war where chivalry is dying on the guns and pikes of savage mercenary bands glorying in a new,vicious style of combat,James Eldritch is about to face his greatest test yet.Author's 6th novel. Nicholas Carter has been a journalist in the West Country for more than seventeen years (then 1999).He is the author of the critically acclaimed 'SHADOW ON THE CROWN' series. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes., LONDON.ORION BOOKS LTD.,1999., 5, U S. A.: Pen and Sword Military. Fine/Fine. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 1844151522 331pp including bibliography and index Plates It is one of history's richer and more puzzling paradoxes that Irishmen have served the British Crown for many centuries despite the ambivalent relationship between the nations ., Pen and Sword Military, 2005, 5<

2005, ISBN: 1844151522

[EAN: 9781844151523], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.04], [PU: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley], DESMOND BOWEN HEROIC OPTION THE IRISH IN BRITISH ARMY, It is a curi… Meer...

[EAN: 9781844151523], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.04], [PU: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, Barnsley], DESMOND BOWEN HEROIC OPTION THE IRISH IN BRITISH ARMY, It is a curious paradox that, while for many centuries there has been deep antagonism between the British and the Irish, the latter have fought the former's wars with exemplary courage and tenacity. This has never been better demonstrated than when, as a result of the Irish regiments' superb service in the South African War (Boer War) at the end of the 19th Century, Queen Victoria ordered the formation of the Irish Guards in 1900 as a mark of the Nation's gratitude. Even after the trauma of Partition, Irishmen continued to serve in Irish regiments in large numbers and the tradition continued today. Indeed during the Second World War a very significant number of the most influential generals were of Irish extraction. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<