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Dunkirk and the Little Ships by Philip Weir
$25.00 NZD
Category: World Military History | Series: Shire Library
An illustrated guide to the history of the famous "Little Ships" and their role in the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, which saved hundreds of thousands of British soldiers from capture by German forces. In May 1940, German troops advanced through Holland, Belgium, and France with astonishing speed, fo ...Show more
The English Rococo Garden by Michael Symes
$10.00 NZD
Category: Gardening | Series: Shire Library
Delightful, eccentric, capricious, bizarre - the English Rococo garden, an intriguing branch of eighteenth-century horticulture, was all these and more. This book relates the components of the Rococo garden to movements in art and architecture that had developed in Britain and in Europe, and shows its p ...Show more
Veteran Motor Cars by Steve Lanham
$19.99 NZD
Category: Motoring | Series: Shire Library
A concise illustrated history of the earliest cars in Britain up to 1905, and the people who manufactured and drove them. During the late Victorian/early Edwardian period, the development of the motor car represented the peak of technological experimentation. Termed "horseless carriages, these cars were ...Show more
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