Donald Featherstone – författare & böcker

Del 23 - Campaign

Khartoum 1885

General Gordon's Last Stand

AvDonald Featherstone

E-bok

Engelska, 2013

236 kr

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Fully illustrated and featuring full-colour maps and bird''s eye views of the battlefield, this detailed volume examines a key moment in Britain''s military relationship with the Sudan.Early in 1881 unrest in the Sudan began to crystallise around Mohammed Ibn Ahmed el-Sayyid Abdullah. Proclaiming himself the long-expected Madhi, the Guided One of the Prophet, he preached that the Sudan was to be purged of its Egyptian oppressors. Drawn in by the Egyptian failure to deal with the situation, the British sent General Gordon to organise an evacuation. On reaching Khartoum however, General Gordon believed, incorrectly, that the Madhi could be reasoned with. Instead of negotiating, the Madhi besieged the town for 317 days.This title looks in particular, although not exclusively, at the battles fought by the British columns sent to relieve Khartoum.

Del 27 - Campaign

Tel El-Kebir 1882

Wolseley'S Conquest of Egypt

AvDonald Featherstone

E-bok

Engelska, 2013

236 kr

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A detailed, compact volume on the British response, under Lieutenant-General Wolseley, to Egyptian mutiny.In 1881, the Egyptian army mutinied against the Khedive of Egypt and forced him to appoint Said Ahmed Arabi as Minister of War. In March 1882, Arabi was made a Pasha and from this time on acted as a dictator. Arabi demanded that the foreigners be driven out of Egypt and called for the massacre of Christians. This prompted an armed British response, first in the form of a naval bombardment of Alexandria, and then as an expeditionary force under Lieutenant-General Wolseley.This book explores the entire campaign, including Sir Wolseley''s ''textbook'' operation that was planned and executed with masterly competence.

Bowmen of England

AvDonald Featherstone

E-bok

Engelska, 2021

123 kr

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From the 12th to 15th centuries the longbow was the weapon that changed European history more than any other. In the skilled hands of English and Welsh archers it revolutionized all the medieval concepts and traditions of war. No other weapon dominated the battlefield as it did, and it was the winning factor in every major battle from Morlaix in 1342 to Patay in 1429. Donald Featherstone's study of the English longbow from its early development until the Wars of the Roses is an inspiring and authentic reconstruction in human terms in an age of courage, vitality and endurance. He provides an enthralling footnote to the history of the longbow by recording the engagement in which it was last used - in France in 1940.

Del 23 - Campaign

Khartoum 1885

General Gordon's Last Stand

AvDonald Featherstone

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2013

236 kr

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Fully illustrated and featuring full-colour maps and bird''s eye views of the battlefield, this detailed volume examines a key moment in Britain''s military relationship with the Sudan.Early in 1881 unrest in the Sudan began to crystallise around Mohammed Ibn Ahmed el-Sayyid Abdullah. Proclaiming himself the long-expected Madhi, the Guided One of the Prophet, he preached that the Sudan was to be purged of its Egyptian oppressors. Drawn in by the Egyptian failure to deal with the situation, the British sent General Gordon to organise an evacuation. On reaching Khartoum however, General Gordon believed, incorrectly, that the Madhi could be reasoned with. Instead of negotiating, the Madhi besieged the town for 317 days.This title looks in particular, although not exclusively, at the battles fought by the British columns sent to relieve Khartoum.

Del 27 - Campaign

Tel El-Kebir 1882

Wolseley'S Conquest of Egypt

AvDonald Featherstone

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2013

236 kr

Läs direkt efter köp

A detailed, compact volume on the British response, under Lieutenant-General Wolseley, to Egyptian mutiny.In 1881, the Egyptian army mutinied against the Khedive of Egypt and forced him to appoint Said Ahmed Arabi as Minister of War. In March 1882, Arabi was made a Pasha and from this time on acted as a dictator. Arabi demanded that the foreigners be driven out of Egypt and called for the massacre of Christians. This prompted an armed British response, first in the form of a naval bombardment of Alexandria, and then as an expeditionary force under Lieutenant-General Wolseley.This book explores the entire campaign, including Sir Wolseley''s ''textbook'' operation that was planned and executed with masterly competence.

Del 23 - Campaign

Khartoum 1885

General Gordon's last stand

AvDonald Featherstone

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

206 kr

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Fully illustrated and featuring full-colour maps and bird's eye views of the battlefield, this detailed volume examines a key moment in Britain's military relationship with the Sudan.Early in 1881 unrest in the Sudan began to crystallise around Mohammed Ibn Ahmed el-Sayyid Abdullah. Proclaiming himself the long-expected Madhi, the Guided One of the Prophet, he preached that the Sudan was to be purged of its Egyptian oppressors. Drawn in by the Egyptian failure to deal with the situation, the British sent General Gordon to organise an evacuation. On reaching Khartoum however, General Gordon believed, incorrectly, that the Madhi could be reasoned with. Instead of negotiating, the Madhi besieged the town for 317 days.This title looks in particular, although not exclusively, at the battles fought by the British columns sent to relieve Khartoum.

Del 27 - Campaign

Tel El-Kebir 1882

Wolseley's Conquest of Egypt

AvDonald Featherstone

Häftad, Engelska, 1993

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206 kr

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A detailed, compact volume on the British response, under Lieutenant-General Wolseley, to Egyptian mutiny.In 1881, the Egyptian army mutinied against the Khedive of Egypt and forced him to appoint Said Ahmed Arabi as Minister of War. In March 1882, Arabi was made a Pasha and from this time on acted as a dictator. Arabi demanded that the foreigners be driven out of Egypt and called for the massacre of Christians. This prompted an armed British response, first in the form of a naval bombardment of Alexandria, and then as an expeditionary force under Lieutenant-General Wolseley.This book explores the entire campaign, including Sir Wolseley's 'textbook' operation that was planned and executed with masterly competence.

Del 29 - Campaign

Omdurman 1898

Kitchener's victory in the Sudan

AvDonald Featherstone

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

206 kr

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A detailed, illustrated account of the conquest of the Dervish Empire, one of the great desert battles in the imperial drama of the Victorian era.In this compact volume, Donald Featherstone outlines the dramatic conflict that witnessed hordes of native warriors set against British discipline and firepower, gunboats on the Nile, a dramatic cavalry charge and Kitchener, the Sirdar, as conqueror.The book explores the events, weaponry and leaders of both sides, and accompanying illustrations and colourful graphics bring the whole campaign vividly to life.