7 Top world war i books like The Little Field Marshal: A Life of Sir John French (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Richard Holmes

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The Little Field Marshal: A Life of Sir John French (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

By: Richard Holmes

3.56

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

Sir John French is a figure who has always aroused controversy. Douglas Haig despised him, while Ch…

If you liked the world war i plot in The Little Field Marshal: A Life of Sir John French (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Richard Holmes , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Passchendaele: A New History by Nick Lloyd

1. Passchendaele: A New History

By: Nick Lloyd

4.17

Format: 410 pages, Hardcover

The Third Battle of Ypres was a 'lost victory' for the British Army in 1917. Between July and Novem… read more

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  • world war i
  • military history
Cover of 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution by David Stevenson

2. 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution

By: David Stevenson

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

1917 was a year of calamitous events, and one of pivotal importance in the development of the First… read more

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  • world war i
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3. The Chief: Douglas Haig and the British Army

By: Gary D. Sheffield

4.35

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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  • world war i
  • biography
  • military history

4. Happy Odyssey

By: None

3.43

Format: None pages, Paperback

Adrian Carton de Wiart s autobiography is one of the most remarkable of military memoirs. He was in… read more

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5. The Old Contemptibles: The British Expeditionary Force, 1914

By: Robin Neillands

4.03

Format: 256 pages,

'It is my Royal and Imperial Command that you concentrate your energies and the valour of my soldie… read more

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6. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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  • biography
"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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7. Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.33

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Now in hardcover, the ninth book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns t… read more

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"What makes you think I know?' asked Zach, who, if questioned, would deny his own existence out of sheer habit."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

"I saw nothing suspicious—which is unusual. A copper can usually find something suspicious if they look hard enough."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

"Always look after your people,' he said as I noted down the order. 'The way you treat them sets an example for the way they treat others."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

"Lips too thick and nose too wide–he looked like he’d stepped out of an early Asterix comic. Subconscious racism, I thought–it will fuck you up every time."

-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)

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8. The House of Doors

By: Tan Twan Eng

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redempti… read more

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"Money's the sixth sense. If you don't have it, you can't make … the most of the other five."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"I feel that when I travel I can change myself a little, and I return from a journey not quite the same self I was."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"That night, side by side, we drifted among the galaxies of sea-stars, while far, far above us the asterisks of light marked out the footnotes on the page of eternity."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

"All of us will be forgotten eventually. Like a wave on the ocean, leaving no trace that it had once existed.' He shook his head. 'We will be remembered through our stories."

-Tan Twan Eng, The House of Doors

Cover of Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8) by Robert Crais

9. Racing the Light (Elvis Cole #19; Joe Pike #8)

By: Robert Crais

4.25

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike are back on the case in this bri… read more

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10. The Crocodile Hunter: The spellbinding new thriller from the master of the genre (Jonas Merrick series)

By: Gerald Seymour

4.01

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

'Compelling . . . almost Dickensian' The Times'The best thriller writer in the world' Daily Telegra… read more

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Cover of The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War by Nick Lloyd

11. The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War

By: Nick Lloyd

4.38

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The definitive history of the Eastern Front in the First World War, from the acclaimed military his… read more

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  • world war i
  • military history
Cover of On a Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War by Holger Afflerbach

12. On a Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War

By: Holger Afflerbach

4.36

Format: 558 pages, Hardcover

Was the outcome of the First World War on a knife edge? In this major new account of German wartime… read more

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  • world war i
  • military history
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13. The Little Field Marshal: A Life of Sir John French (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

By: Richard Holmes

3.56

Format: 456 pages, Paperback

Sir John French is a figure who has always aroused controversy. Douglas Haig despised him, while Ch… read more

Similar categories in Richard Holmes's The Little Field Marshal: A Life of Sir John French (Cassell Military Paperbacks) book and Richard Holmes's The Little Field Marshal: A Life of Sir John French (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

  • world war i
  • biography
  • military history
Cover of Kitchener's Army: The Raising of the New Armies 1914-1916 by Peter Simkins

14. Kitchener's Army: The Raising of the New Armies 1914-1916

By: Peter Simkins

4.30

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

Peter Simkins describes how Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener’s New Armies were raised and reviews the m… read more

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  • world war i
  • military history

6 Top military history books like The Little Field Marshal: A Life of Sir John French (Cassell Military Paperbacks) by Richard Holmes

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Passchendaele: A New History

Nick Lloyd

4.17

Transform Your Habits

The Chief: Douglas Haig and the British Army

Gary D. Sheffield

4.35

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The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War

Nick Lloyd

4.38

Transform Your Habits

On a Knife Edge: How Germany Lost the First World War

Holger Afflerbach

4.36

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16 Best audiobook books like Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within by Rory Stewart

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Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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How They Broke Britain

James O'Brien

4.29

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Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

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How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

Ian Dunt

4.45

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