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Description for Band of Brigands
The dramatic story of the men who fought a new and terrifying kind of war amidst the carnage of the trenches in World War I: the British pioneer volunteers who were the first tank-men into battle. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWD; JWMV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 386. Good copy with some shelf wear.
The dramatic story of the men who fought a new and terrifying kind of war amidst the carnage of the trenches in World War I: the British pioneer volunteers who were the first tank-men into battle. Inspired by a visit to northeast France to witness the excavation of a remarkably intact First World War tank from beneath a suburban vegetable plot near the town of Cambrai, Christy Campbell – then defence correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph – began to piece together the little-known story of the young men ... Read more
The dramatic story of the men who fought a new and terrifying kind of war amidst the carnage of the trenches in World War I: the British pioneer volunteers who were the first tank-men into battle. Inspired by a visit to northeast France to witness the excavation of a remarkably intact First World War tank from beneath a suburban vegetable plot near the town of Cambrai, Christy Campbell – then defence correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph – began to piece together the little-known story of the young men ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Good
Publication date
2008
Number of Pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007214600
SKU
KTG0009804
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About
Christy Campbell is a writer, journalist and former defence correspondent and feature writer for the Sunday Telegraph, which he joined on the eve of the Gulf War. He is the author of The Maharajah’s Box, Fenian Fire and Phylloxera.
Reviews for Band of Brigands
‘A fascinating story…told by Christy Campbell with verve and an eye for the telling detail.’ Sunday Telegraph ‘Continuously interesting, so much so that one has to remember that for almost all the 1914-1918 war, tanks were a sideshow.This is the story of vision, false starts, blunders, obstinancy, obstructionism, ... Read more