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  • Last of the Few

    The Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots Who Won It

    by Max Arthur ...
    After the fall of France in May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force was miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk. Britain now stood alone to face Hitler’s inevitable invasion attempt. For the German army to land across the channel, Hitler needed mastery of the skies-the Royal Air Force would have to be broken. So every day throughout the summer, German bombers pounded the RAF air bases in the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Lost Voices of the Edwardians

    1901–1910 in Their Own Words

    by Max Arthur ...
    Max Arthur, bestselling author of the hugely popular ‘Forgotten Voices’ series, recaptures the day-to-day lives of working people in the Edwardian era.The Edwardian era is often eclipsed in the popular imagination by the Victorian era that preceded it and the First World War that followed. In this wonderful work, Max Arthur redresses this imbalance, combining oral history and rare images and ... Read more

    $1.49 USD

  • Last Post

    The Final Word From Our First World War Soldiers

    by Max Arthur ...
    The 'Forgotten Voices' of the First World War speak for the final time.LAST POST is very consciously the last word from the handful of First World War survivors who were left alive in 2004. Now they have passed away, our final human connection with the First World War has been broken.Max Arthur, a skilled interviewer, took the very last chance we had to ask questions of those who were there.Now ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Paras

    'Earth's most elite fighting unit' - Telegraph

    by Max Arthur ...
    Tough, highly adaptable and efficient, the Parachute Regiment has established itself as one of the finest fighting forces in the world. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of its founding, renowned historian Max Arthur has compiled this enthralling oral history of the modern Parachute Regiment.This unique chronicle is told through the voices of more than a hundred of the soldiers themselves, ... Read more

    Was $6.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • Lost Voices of the Battle of Britain

    The Pilots Who Saved Britain, In Their Own Words

    by Max Arthur ...
    'Never has so much been owed by so many, to so few.' This is the story of those few, in their own words.In the summer of 1940, the British frontlines were the skies above southern England. Spitfires and Hurricanes took on the might of the Luftwaffe, and its feared Messerschmitt fighters, dogfighting high above civilians watching on in awe.Hitler was determined to invade Britain and close down the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Lost Voices of the Dambusters Raid

    by Max Arthur ...
    The definitive oral history of the raid featuring contributions from Mission Commander Guy Gibson and Bouncing Bomb creator Barnes Wallis.The Dambusters raid was one of the most iconic missions of the Second World War.Three dams along Germany's Ruhr Valley, which powered the nation's industrial war effort, were the target. To overcome the torpedo nets and other defences, Barnes Wallis invented the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Forgotten Voices Of The Great War

    by Max Arthur ...
    In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous and important task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing WWI veterans and interviewing them at length in order to record the experiences of ordinary individuals in war. The IWM aural archive has become the most important archive of its kind in the world. Authors have occasionally been granted access to the vaults, but ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Forgotten Voices Of The Second World War

    A New History of the Second World War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Were There

    by Max Arthur ...
    The Imperial War Museum holds a vast archive of interviews with soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians of most nationalities who saw action during WW2. As in the highly-acclaimed Forgotten Voices of the Great War, Max Arthur and his team of researchers spent hundreds of hours digging deep into this unique archive, uncovering tapes, many of which have not been listened to since they were created ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Lost Voices of the Falklands War

    Their story. In their words.

    by Max Arthur ...
    'Remarkable and unique' Daily Express'I never dreamed we'd go to war with Argentina.' Rear-Admiral John WoodwardOn 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands. Britain was quick to mobilise a task force to recover its territory, but the ensuing conflict, lasting over two months, would cost the British military 255 lives, seven ships and many aircraft.From the initial ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Lost Voices of The Royal Air Force

    by Max Arthur ...
    Bestselling author Max Arthur presents this moving collection of first-hand accounts of life in the Royal Air Force, from 1918 to the present day.Lost Voices of the Royal Air Force records the role of the RAF in the events of World War II, and, particularly, the Battle of Britain and the desert battles of North Africa and the events leading up to VE day. It also reveals the crucial role of the RAF ... Read more

    Was $8.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Paras

    'Earth's most elite fighting unit' - Telegraph

    Unabridged

    8 hours 5 min

    The soldiers of one of the world's most famous fighting forces, the Paras, tell the gripping story of the regiment in their own words.Published to coincide with 75th anniversary of its formation, this is the definitive history of the iconic Parachute Regiment, told through the voices of more than 200 of the soldiers themselves. From the daring raids of World War 2 through Northern Ireland, The ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Real Band of Brothers

    First-hand accounts from the last British survivors of the Spanish Civil War

    by Max Arthur ...
    Personal stories from the men and women who volunteered to fight for a cause they passionately believed in.The Spanish Civil War, which raged from 1936-9, was a brutal and intense war which claimed well over 500,000 lives. Rightly predicting that the rise of Fascism in Spain could develop into a more global conflict, almost 2500 British volunteers travelled to Spain under the banner of the ... Read more

    $0.99 USD