Linda Parker

Gebundenes Buch

Ice, Steel and Fire

British Explorers in Peace and War 1921-45

Beschreibung

The generation that reached maturity in the inter war years had grown up in the shadow of the heroic age of Polar exploration and the sacrifices of a generation in the Great War. Their own adventures were to prove as astonishing and heroic as those of a previous generation.

Autor

Linda Parker is an independent scholar and author. Her main writing focus is on army chaplaincy in both world wars, and her main historical interests lie in 20th century military, social and religious history but she also has a keen interest in the history of polar exploration. She enjoys travelling at home and abroad to present papers at conferences on a variety of topics related to her writing interests. Her hobbies include walking, preferably in cold places, and one of her ambitions is to travel to Antarctica. She is a member of the Royal Historical Society and the Western Front Association, the American Commission for Military History and the Society for Military History. She is a trustee of the Toc H movement. Nearer My God to Thee is her sixth book for Helion & Co.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Helion & Company
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 980g
• ISBN-13: 9781908916495
• ISBN-10: 1908916494
• Artikelnr.: 36130193