The Library: A Fragile History, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen

The Library: A Fragile History, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der WeduwenNew Paperback Famed across the known world, jealously guarded by private collectors, built up over centuries, destroyed in a single day, ornamented with gold leaf and frescoes or filled with bean bags and children's drawings the history of the library is rich, varied and stuffed full of incident. In this, the first major history of its kind, Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen explore the contested and dramatic history of the library, from the

On Gallows Down shows how one woman made sense of her world - and found her place in it

When they scattered to different kingdoms

all detailed in intimate and characteristically plain-spoken prose

When he accepts the office as general agent of the former Prussian royal house of the Hohenzollerns in 1942

His letters home give a vivid picture of what Kimber witnessed on his journey from Palo Alto

of American dogfaces fighting to grip a toehold on Iwo Jima

and Dartmoor

peace holds

It speaks to the importance of attention and reflection

The smell of dead bodies was everywhere and while the fortitude of the troops was astonishing

The Haynes Falklands War Operations Manual looks at the planning and logistics that made the whole operation possible

This makes it an invaluable reference book that should be on the bookshelf of anyone interested in the period