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Friends of Cumbria Museum of Military Life
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Friends of Cumbria Museum of Military Life
The book is then rounded off by considering how you base your completed figures, and again with a good variety of different ground types. To close, there is a handy Appendix which lists the various manufacturers as well as details of all the figures and materials featured in the book.
Another excellent addition to the series, and as someone who has only recently got into building 'Ancient' figures (rather than Napoleonic or WW2) I found this a really handy and informative guide.
Read the full review [link=https://www.militarymodelscene.com/pands-paint-early-imp-romans]here[/link]
Military Model Scene, Robin Buckland
The book is then rounded off by considering how you base your completed figures, and again with a good variety of different ground types. To close, there is a handy Appendix which lists the various manufacturers as well as details of all the figures and materials featured in the book.
Another excellent addition to the series, and as someone who has only recently got into building 'Ancient' figures (rather than Napoleonic or WW2) I found this a really handy and informative guide.
Read the full review [link=https://www.militarymodelscene.com/pands-paint-early-imp-romans]here[/link]
Military Model Scene, Robin Buckland
Although the events in this book happened over a century ago now, this is a page-turning book, much of it following events in different countries, hotting up in the world wars. The tailpiece of the book looks at the moles in the SIS as well as some who were checked for having similar profiles and cleared. It’s also interesting seeing references to the likes of Ian Fleming, Graham Greene and Malcolm Muggeridge prior to their careers as writers. If you’re into spy fiction, the information about the real thing and if any author used its structuring will show which ones did their homework or probably involved themselves.
Read the full review [link=https://www.sfcrowsnest.info/mi6-british-security-intelligence-service-operations-1909-1945-by-nigel-west-book-review/]here[/link]
SF Crowsnest
Although the events in this book happened over a century ago now, this is a page-turning book, much of it following events in different countries, hotting up in the world wars. The tailpiece of the book looks at the moles in the SIS as well as some who were checked for having similar profiles and cleared. It’s also interesting seeing references to the likes of Ian Fleming, Graham Greene and Malcolm Muggeridge prior to their careers as writers. If you’re into spy fiction, the information about the real thing and if any author used its structuring will show which ones did their homework or probably involved themselves.
Read the full review [link=https://www.sfcrowsnest.info/mi6-british-security-intelligence-service-operations-1909-1945-by-nigel-west-book-review/]here[/link]
SF Crowsnest
I'm always interested in historical books about Ancient Rome and was more than happy when I was approved for this ARC.
It's a pleasant read, well written and well researched. I learned a lot and it was a great read.
Recommended.
NetGalley, Anna Maria Giacomasso
I'm always interested in historical books about Ancient Rome and was more than happy when I was approved for this ARC.
It's a pleasant read, well written and well researched. I learned a lot and it was a great read.
Recommended.
NetGalley, Anna Maria Giacomasso
The letters contained in this book, corroborated by other letters and the description of the battle of Cambrai written in the 1930s by De Pree, show a little known figure, grown in the shadow of his illustrious relative, Douglas Haig. But they also give us a vision of a whole maze of human relationships and affection that is often overlooked in official stories. And this book shows us some figures as we have never seen them, in their weaknesses and their feelings, this is very important to complete an investigation into who was the Haig man and his nephew, Hugo De Pree.
Read the full Italian review [link=https://oldbarbedwire.blogspot.com/2019/11/in-haigs-shadow-letters-of-major.html]here[/link]
Old Barbed Wire Blog
The letters contained in this book, corroborated by other letters and the description of the battle of Cambrai written in the 1930s by De Pree, show a little known figure, grown in the shadow of his illustrious relative, Douglas Haig. But they also give us a vision of a whole maze of human relationships and affection that is often overlooked in official stories. And this book shows us some figures as we have never seen them, in their weaknesses and their feelings, this is very important to complete an investigation into who was the Haig man and his nephew, Hugo De Pree.
Read the full Italian review [link=https://oldbarbedwire.blogspot.com/2019/11/in-haigs-shadow-letters-of-major.html]here[/link]
Old Barbed Wire Blog
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