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  • THE TITANIC DISASTER
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    THE TITANIC DISASTER
    JAMES W. BANCROFT
    It was on Wednesday, 10 April 1912, that the imposing bulk of the RMS Titanic slipped her berth, and, to great fanfare, headed out into the Solent at the start of her maiden voyage. By all accounts, the liner was at the time the largest man-made object ever to move on water. The space her decks created allowed her designers to introduce previously unseen levels of luxury. In fi...

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  • THE GREAT REDAN AT SEBASTOPOL
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    THE GREAT REDAN AT SEBASTOPOL
    JAMES W. BANCROFT
    On 18 June 1855, the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, British assault troops moved out of their trenches before Sebastopol in the Crimea, and attacked the formidable Russian bastion known as the Great Redan. They came under such a murderous fire from the Russian defenders that the attack faltered, and the British were eventually forced to fall back. As they did so, t...

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  • THE RORKE'S DRIFT COMMANDERS
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    THE RORKE'S DRIFT COMMANDERS
    JAMES W. BANCROFT
    Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead and Lieutenant John Chard had fame thrust upon them, as did the place known as Rorke's Drift, which before 1879 was an unknown homestead situated in the middle of the South African veld. Although both men came from families whose various members were highly distinguished for their military service and for their service to the church, they became rel...

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  • THE RORKE'S DRIFT COMMANDERS
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    THE RORKE'S DRIFT COMMANDERS
    JAMES W. BANCROFT
    Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead and Lieutenant John Chard had fame thrust upon them, as did the place known as Rorke's Drift, which before 1879 was an unknown homestead situated in the middle of the South African veld. Although both men came from families whose various members were highly distinguished for their military service and for their service to the church, they became rel...

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  • THE DEVIL'S TRAP
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    THE DEVIL'S TRAP
    JAMES W. BANCROFT
    This history of the Siege of Cawnpore and the massacre of British noncombatants in Colonial India reveals the human side of the struggle. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the strategic garrison at Cawnpore was surprised by an extended siege. Many British noncombatants were holed up in a makeshift entrenchment, suffering from thirst, starvation and disease, all while being b...

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  • ZULU WAR VCS
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    ZULU WAR VCS
    JAMES W. BANCROFT
    The Anglo-Zulu War lasted only six months in 1879, but in that relatively short time twenty-three men were awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry under most trying and dangerous circumstances. Zulu warriors gave no mercy and expected none in return, yet half of the awards were given to men who went back into the midst of fierce fighting to rescue stranded comrades, well-aware...

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  • THE VICTORIA CROSSES OF THE CRIMEAN WAR
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    THE VICTORIA CROSSES OF THE CRIMEAN WAR
    JAMES W. BANCROFT
    All 111 VC recipients of the Crimean War are profiled in this detailed military history—with forty-five portraits. In 1854, Great Britain went to war against the Russia Empire on the Crimean Peninsula. To honor the British soldiers who showed extraordinary valor in that conflict, the Victoria Cross was introduced. Now, drawing on four decades of accumulated research, historian ...

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  • TITANIC'S LIFEBOATS
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    TITANIC'S LIFEBOATS
    JAMES W BANCROFT
    A dramatic retelling of the personal stories of the men, women, and children survivors of the Titanic lifeboats. Foot by foot Titanic’s lifeboat No.11 slowly jerked its way down the sides of the great ocean liner as it slipped beneath the cold, dark waters of the Atlantic. For the fifty or so men, women and children crammed into the lifeboat, survival was all that mattered. Eve...

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  • TITANIC
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    TITANIC
    JAMES W BANCROFT
    The sinking of the RMS Titanic on the night of 14/15 April 1912 remains one of history’s most tragic maritime disasters. Striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic during its maiden voyage, the ship left countless heart-breaking stories of lives lost or changed forever. Greater Manchester, in England’s northwest, had strong ties toTitanic, with over thirty local people involved ...

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  • TITANIC'S UNLUCKY SEVEN
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    TITANIC'S UNLUCKY SEVEN
    JAMES W. BANCROFT
    The Titanic disaster is examined through the experiences of seven officers, revealing their bravery and the mysteries surrounding the tragedy. The disaster which befell RMS Titanic has become one of the most investigated and analyzed maritime tragedies of all time. Yet there is much still to be untangled from the web of mystery which still surrounds this confused, catastrophic ...

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  • ALAMO DEFENDERS
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    ALAMO DEFENDERS
    JAMES W. BANCROFT
    At a critical stage of the Texas Revolution a large Mexican army surrounded a makeshift fortification known locally as the Alamo. It was there that a small defensive force of mostly Texans had become holed up, and where they vowed to 'never surrender or retreat'. After a siege lasting thirteen days, the Mexicans assaulted the fortification during the early hours of Sunday, 6 Ma...

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  • THE TITANIC DISASTER
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    THE TITANIC DISASTER
    JAMES W. BANCROFT
    It was on Wednesday, 10 April 1912, that the imposing bulk of the RMS Titanic slipped her berth, and, to great fanfare, headed out into the Solent at the start of her maiden voyage. By all accounts, the liner was at the time the largest man-made object ever to move on water. The space her decks created allowed her designers to introduce previously unseen levels of luxury. In fi...

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  • THE EARLY YEARS OF THE FA CUP
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    THE EARLY YEARS OF THE FA CUP
    JAMES W. BANCROFT
    The 150th anniversary of the first FA Cup competition, the earliest knockout tournament in the history of football, will be celebrated during the 2021-2022 season. The first set of matches was played on 11 November 1871, with the Engineers reaching the final played at Kennington Oval on 16 March 1872. During the first decade of the competition three teams associated with the mi...

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  • TITANIC
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    TITANIC
    JAMES W. BANCROFT
    Experience the Titanic disaster through eyewitness accounts from those who lived it in this unique and gripping history. To have sailed on 'the voyage of the century' aboard White Star Line's RMS  Titanic—described at the time as 'a floating palace'—was like being one of the first passengers to fly on Concorde. On 10 April 1912, people from all walks of life began embarking on ...

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