Riding the Retreat

Riding the Retreat
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 9781845951092
ISBN-13 : 1845951093
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Book Synopsis Riding the Retreat by : Richard Holmes

Download or read book Riding the Retreat written by Richard Holmes and published by Random House. This book was released on 2007 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The retreat of the British Expeditionary Force from Mons in the early months of the First World War is one of the great dramas of European history. Blending his recreation of the military campaign with contemporary testimony and an account of his own ride over the route, Richard Holmes takes the reader on a unique journey - to glimpse the summer the old world ended.


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