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W. Baring Pemberton

Autor de Battles of the Crimean War

6 Obras 92 Miembros 3 Reseñas

Sobre El Autor

Créditos de la imagen: Cropped scan of back cover of Penguin No.680. Photo attributed to Ramsey & Muspratt.

Obras de W. Baring Pemberton

Battles of the Crimean War (1962) 31 copias
William Cobbett (1949) 27 copias
Battles of the Boer War (1964) 26 copias
Lord North (2017) 3 copias
Lord Palmerston (1964) 2 copias

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Nombre legal
Baring Pemberton, William
Fecha de nacimiento
1897
Género
male
Nacionalidad
UK
Lugar de nacimiento
Swindon Manor, Gloucester, UK
Educación
Wellington College
Oxford University
Ocupaciones
teacher
boadcaster

Miembros

Reseñas

This is a selection of discrete battle pieces, not a connected history of the war. The essays are concise and present the chosen actions and their lessons clearly. Its value for money, especially if second-hand.
½
 
Denunciada
DinadansFriend | otra reseña | Aug 9, 2014 |
1369 Battles of the Boer War, by W. Baring Pemberton (read 21 Nov 1975) This is a study of five battles of the Boer War: Belmont (Nov 23, 1899, a British victory under Metheun; Modder River (Nov. 28, 1899), also a British victory under Metheun; Magersfontein (Dec 11, 1899), a British defeat under Metheun; Colenso (Dec. 14, 1899), a British defeat under Buller; and Spion Kop (Jan 1900), another British defeat. This book whetted my interest in the Boer War, and I did some good reading on it, including Good-Bye Dolly Gray, by Rayne Kruger (read 29 Dec 1975)..… (más)
½
 
Denunciada
Schmerguls | otra reseña | Feb 11, 2009 |
Very much a British perspective on battles in whichthe British Army played the major role rather than a balanced accont of the war as a whole.
 
Denunciada
antiquary | Sep 4, 2007 |

Estadísticas

Obras
6
Miembros
92
Popularidad
#202,476
Valoración
3.0
Reseñas
3
ISBNs
7

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