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Author: Lyn Cinderey
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2017-06-12
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 0244013829
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is my second book, a collection of ghost stories and tales from me and my friends and colleagues. I have shared some experiences both scary and funny.
Author: Christine Jordan
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Published: 2017-07-03
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 1526707721
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the establishment of Gloucester as a Roman colonia, a colony of retired military veterans, the city has held a strategic position, being close to the easiest crossing over the River Severn and into Wales. The Romans began building the city's defences, including the city walls and bastions, which were further enhanced by the great warrior Aethelflaed and which would become invaluable in the Siege of Gloucester during the Civil War in 1643. These walls would be destroyed by Charles II as a punishment for the city's role in the conflict. In the twelfth century, Gloucester's first motte and bailey castle were built and used by a number of kings as a garrison to prepare attacks against the Welsh and the Irish. The formation of what would become known as 'The Glorious Glosters', in 1782, led to a number of notable military campaigns, including the battles of Alexandria, Quatre Bras, the Second Boer War, including the Siege of Ladysmith, both World Wars and the Korean War. Christine's book will take you on an historic journey, uncovering on the way the city's military legacy.
Author: Captain W. Russell Webster
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2022-05-23
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1439674922
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn the evening of January 2, 2009, Captain Matteo Russo and crewman John Orlando got underway aboard the fifty-four-foot fishing vessel Patriot, from the iconic State Pier in Gloucester, Massachusetts, bound for nearby fishing grounds in search of cod. They never returned. What happened less than eight hours later on that bitter and dark winter early morning that caused the Patriot to sink? Why did the Coast Guard deliberate more than two hours before launching a rescue mission? Using official documents, numerous interviews and insight as a search and rescue commander, maritime historian Captain W. Russell Webster, USCG (Ret.), expertly documents the tragedy of the Patriot, with startling findings. He deftly explores the condition of "normalcy bias" linked to this heartbreaking case, which can cause people--including Coast Guard personnel--to deny and sometimes over-deliberate threats to human life.
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 484
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Published: 1893
Total Pages: 362
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Beaver Henry Blacker
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Published: 1894
Total Pages: 624
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Colin Maggs
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2011-05-15
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 144562561X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA lavishly illustrated title from acknowledged railway expert Colin G. Maggs, presenting the story of Gloucestershire's branch lines.
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2024-06-08
Total Pages: 530
ISBN-13: 3385506859
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReprint of the original, first published in 1893.
Author: Andrew Richard Warmington
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780861932368
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent studies of particular areas during the Civil War have shown how kinship and social and educational ties, far from reinforcing county isolationism, frequently drew inhabitants into a far wider network and divided existing loyalties. Following this approach, Dr Warmington's examination of the history of Gloucestershire during the period begins with the descent into war between 1640 and 1642, showing how the two sides formed and why the Parliamentarians had the more durable war machine. He goes on to consider the anarchic situation between 1645 and 1649 and the series of new experiments in government which followed until 1660, undertaken by an almost entirely new governing group of minor gentlemen, elevated through military service to the regime and by religious affiliations. The attempted rebellion of 1659 is examined in detail, and the book concludes with a look at the Restoration of the Stuart dynasty, the Anglican Church, and the sons of the pre-war county ruling elite, exploring how the new regime compared with its Cromwellian predecessors.ANDREW WARMINGTONwas formerly senior research assistant in history at the University of Durham, following a First Class degree from York and a D.Phil. from St Peter's College, Oxford. He is now a freelance research analyst.
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Published: 1872
Total Pages: 734
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