The Three Emperors: Three Cousins, Three Empires and the road to World War One by Miranda Carter

The Three Emperors: Three Cousins, Three E...

Penguin Books, 2010, £10.99 (2010 pricing) 498pp, soft covers; illustrated plus notes, bibliography and index. Also a...

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The Emperors: How Europe’s Rulers were destroyed by The First World War by Gareth Russell

The Emperors: How Europe’s Rulers were des...

Reviewed by Barbara Taylor. To understand how and why the First World War started it essential to understand how the...

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Britain’s Quest for Oil, The First World War and the Peace Conferences

Britain’s Quest for Oil, The First World W...

Reviewed by Chris Robinson. Britain’s Quest for Oil, charts the awakening and development of Britain’s military, dipl...

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The Siege of Tsingtao: The German-Japanese War 1914

The Siege of Tsingtao: The German-Japanese...

Reviewed by Phil Curme. Tsingtao beer is ubiquitous in Chinese restaurants in the UK and throughout world. However, i...

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Stoker’s Submarine; Australia’s Daring Raid on the Dardanelles on the Day of the Gallipoli Landing

Stoker’s Submarine; Australia’s Daring Rai...

Reviewed by Robin Broadhurst. Most naval historians know that the first two submarines through the Dardanelles were c...

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When the Navy Took to the Air: The Experimental Seaplane Stations of the Royal Naval Air Service

When the Navy Took to the Air: The Experim...

Reviewed by Niall Ferguson. Those hoping to read of the exploits of the RNAS on the Western Front will be disappointe...

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Two Wheels to War. A tale of twelve bright young men who volunteered own motorcycles for the British Expeditionary Force 1914 at War

Two Wheels to War. A tale of twelve bright...

My only experience of motor-cycling is as pillion passenger on a trip to Ypres 20 years ago. Since, as a mode of trav...

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Givenchy in the Great War – a Village on the Front Line

Givenchy in the Great War – a Village on t...

Reviewed Stephen Broomfield. I am sure many reading this review will have visited Givenchy - lying as it does in a ce...

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Joseph 1917

Joseph 1917

Reviewed by Peter Powderham. Joseph 1917 examines a neglected aspect of the First World War: British wartime tribunal...

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Roll of Honour: Schooling and the Great War 1914-1919

Roll of Honour: Schooling and the Great Wa...

Reviewed by Barbara Taylor. Roll of Honour marks the contribution of schools and the pupils and teachers who went off...

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1917 The Passchendaele Year: The Diary of Achiel van Walleghem

1917 The Passchendaele Year: The Diary of...

Reviewed by Stephen Broomfield. In 1913, Achiel van Walleghem was appointed curate to the village of Dickebusch. Afte...

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The Lion and The Rose: The 1/5th Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919

The Lion and The Rose: The 1/5th Battalion...

Reviewed by Bob Wyatt. The 1st/5th Battalion The King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1914-1919, is impressive. The ma...

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