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“richard knott”

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  • The Secret War Against the Arts

    How MI5 Targeted Left-Wing Writers and Artists, 1936–1956

    by Richard Knott ...
    "Reveals the extent of MI5's methodical and implacable investigation into the lives of such people as the writer George Orwell." — UK HistorianDuring the 1930s, the British intelligence agencies became increasingly concerned about Communist influence in the country. They reacted by spying on thousands of ordinary British citizens. Amongst them were many artists and writers who, in tune with "the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • All-India and Down Under

    Peace, Partition and the Game of Cricket

    by Richard Knott ...
    All-India and Down-Under is the dramatic story of two cricket tours undertaken in the aftermath of the Second World War. For seven years the war had put the careers of England' s cricketers on hold. Then, in 1946, England played three Tests against ' All-India' . However, it proved to be the last such tour: by mid-1947, Indian partition had cut the country in two, a process that was violent and ... Read more

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  • The Trio

    Three War Correspondents of World War Two

    by Richard Knott ...
    The Trio tells the story of three war correspondents, two Englishmen and an Australian, all in their 30s, whose friendship was forged during the Second World War. They became so close that their colleagues dubbed them ' The Trio', sometimes out of disgruntled rivalry. Alan Moorehead, Alexander Clifford and Christopher Buckley worked for the Express, Mail and Telegraph respectively. Clifford and ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sketchbook War

    Saving the Nation's Artists in World War II

    by Richard Knott ...
    During the Second World War, British artists produced over 6,000 works of war art, the result of a government scheme partly designed to prevent the artists being killed. This book tells the story of nine courageous war artists who ventured closer to the front line than any others in their profession.Edward Ardizzone, Edward Bawden, Barnett Freedman, Anthony Gross, Thomas Hennell, Eric Ravilious, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Black Night for Bomber Command

    The Tragedy of 16 December 1943

    by Richard Knott ...
    "I am not pressing you to fight the weather as well as the Germans, never forget that." So wrote Winston Churchill to Arthur Harris, the Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command, after the terrible events of 16 December 1943. In the murky dusk almost five hundred heavy bombers, almost entirely Lancasters, set out for Berlin from their bases in eastern England, from north Yorkshire to southern ... Read more

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  • Posted in Wartime

    Letters Home From Abroad

    by Richard Knott, Cecil Beaton, Noël Coward, Freya Stark ...
    The Second World War saw many people consigned to long periods of exile, far from home. How did the exiled keep in touch with home? Why were some exiles silent when others wrote frequently and at length? Posted in Wartime explores the nature of such exile and considers what could be written in diaries and letters, given that letters were censored and diaries were, at best, frowned upon. At the ... Read more

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  • The House of Secrets

    by Richard Knott Jr. ...
    She stepped to the front doors and tried the door. It swung open as a look of surprise overtook her. "Did you leave the place unlocked?"Malachi looked a little surprised too. "No. I locked it, just a couple of hours ago." He walked over to the door, a little perplexed. He inserted his key in the open door and inspected the lock. It seemed to work perfectly. "Well, that's odd."She tentatively ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Black Cat Raiders of WWII

    by Richard C Knott USN (Ret.) ...
    Thanks to the PBY's daring pilots and their effective tactics, the slow outdated Catalina patrol bombers became the scourge of Japanese shipping in the South Pacific during World War II. Painted black and hunting at night, the Black Cats, as they were called, are credited with sinking or disabling hundreds of thousands of tons of cargo vessels, troop transports, and warships. Curiously their ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Fire from the Sky

    Seawolf Gunships in the Mekong Delta

    by Richard C Knott USN (Ret.) ...
    Fire from the Sky is the first complete history of the most decorated Navy squadron of the Vietnam War. Richard C. Knott tells the dramatic history of the HAL-3 Seawolves, the U.S. Navy's first and only helicopter gunship squadron of the Vietnam War. The squadron was established “in country” to support the fast, pugnacious river patrol boats of the brown water navy. Flying combat-worn Hueys ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

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  • Behind Enemy Lines

    The Autobiography of Britain's Most Decorated Living War Hero

    by Sir Tommy Macpherson, Richard Bath ...
    With three Military Crosses, three Croix de guerre, a L�gion d'honneur and a papal knighthood for his heroics during the Second World War, Sir Tommy Macpherson is the most decorated living soldier of the British Army.Yet for 65 years the Highlander's story has remained untold. Few know how, aged 21, he persuaded 23,000 SS soldiers of the feared Das Reich tank column to surrender, or how Tommy ... Read more

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  • A Genius for Deception:How Cunning Helped the British Win Two World Wars

    How Cunning Helped the British Win Two World Wars

    by Nicholas Rankin ...
    In February 1942, intelligence officer Victor Jones erected 150 tents behind British lines in North Africa. "Hiding tanks in Bedouin tents was an old British trick," writes Nicholas Rankin; German general Erwin Rommel not only knew of the ploy, but had copied it himself. Jones knew that Rommel knew. In fact, he counted on it--for these tents were empty. With the deception that he was carrying out ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • The Final Whistle

    The Great War in Fifteen Players

    by Stephen Cooper ...
    WINNER OF THE BRITISH SPORT BOOK AWARDS - RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEARThis is the story of 15 men killed in the Great War. All played rugby for one London club; none lived to hear the final whistle. Rugby brought them together; rugby led the rush to war. They came from Britain and the Empire to fight in every theatre and service, among them a poet, playwright and perfumer. Some were decorated and died ... Read more

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