Books by Richard Holmes

Richard Holmes, prize-winning biographer of Coleridge and Shelley, explores the scientific ferment that swept across Britain at the end of 18th ... More

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Richard Holmes's great work of biographical exploration, rejacketed and republished alongside its sister volume 'Sidetracks'. In 1985, Richard ... More

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A fantastic reissue of Richard Holmes' epic biography of this most enigmatic and intriguing of the Romantic poets. This is simply one of the greatest ... More

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A classic reissue of Richard Holmes's brilliant book on Samuel Johnson's friendship with the poet Richard Savage, which won the James Tait Black ... More

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One of a series of reference books giving detailed information on a variety of subjects and interests, this book on battle combines an introduction ... More

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Magnificent history of the common British soldier from 1700 to 1900 by one of Britain's best-known and accomplished military writers and broadcasters ... More

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Focusing on the unquiet inner life of Winston Churchill, an acclaimed historian offers a revelatory new biography of one the greatest leaders the ... More

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Richard Holmes, military historian and broadcaster, here tells the story of Britain's greatest-ever soldier, the man who posed the most serious ... More

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Our foremost military historian offers us a compelling and at times terrifying account of what it means to be a contemporary soldier. In this ... More

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From bestselling author of Tommy and Redcoat, the rich history of the British soldier in India from Clive to the end of empire considered to be the ... More

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The World at War is the definitive television work on the Second World War. It set out to tell the story of the war through the testimony of key ... More

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A unique exploration of the calculus of secrecy during the Second World War, "Churchill's Bunker" provides an intimate portrait of Churchill and his ... More

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For the British, World War I was the Western Front, the trench line stretching from the Swiss Frontier to the North Sea. It was there that most of ... More

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D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in history, took place on June 6, 1944. The subsequent battle of Normandy involved over a million men from ... More

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From the redcoat who served Charles II to the modern, camouflage-clad guard at Camp Bastion, from battlefield to barrack-room, this is a magisterial ... More

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Winner of the 1989 Whitbread Prize for Book of the Year, this is the first volume of Holmes's seminal two-part examination of Samuel Taylor Coleridge ... More

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This book distills the very best of the Imperial War Museum's remarkable and vast photographic collection. It features many unseen images of the war, ... More

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This ambitious, wide-ranging, exhaustively researched book is a compelling attempt to grasp the very nature of war. It takes us through the soldier ... More

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"The World at War" is the definitive television work on the Second World War. It told the story of the war through the testimony of key participants- ... More

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Interest in the greatest military conflict of all time has never been stronger. Written by leading military historian Richard Holmes, "The Second ... More

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