Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross
by Roderick Bailey; The Imperial War Museum
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0091938163
- ISBN 13
- 9780091938161
- Seller
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Ilminster, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: Ebury Press, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Victoria Cross is one of the world's most famous medals. It was introduced by Royal Warrant in 1856 to recognise ' most conspicuous bravery '. To date it has been awarded only 1,358 times. This book explores the very nature of bravery by those whose job it was to be brave. The is light wear to the d/w corners..
Synopsis
A graduate of Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities and a former Alistair Horne Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford, RODERICK BAILEY is a historian attached to the Imperial War Museum. He is the author of Forgotten Voices of D-Day , Forgotten Voices of the Secret War , which was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller, and the acclaimed The Wildest Province: SOE in the Land of the Eagle . From the Hardcover edition.
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- powellbooksofsomerset.co.uk (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 04111
- Title
- Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross
- Author
- Roderick Bailey; The Imperial War Museum
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0091938163
- ISBN 13
- 9780091938161
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Victoria Cross, Military history. Army Medals.
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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