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  • ‘Chords of freedom’

    Commemoration, ritual and British transatlantic slavery

    by J. R. Oldfield ...
    How should we as Britons remember transatlantic slavery? How has slavery been remembered in the past? ‘Chords of freedom’ sets out to answer these questions and, in doing so, traces the way in which British transatlantic slavery has been absorbed into the nation’s collective memory.By combining two current historiographical preoccupations - the construction of public memory and British ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Victoria Crosses on the Western Front

    Battles of the Hindenburg Line—St Quentin, Beaurevoir, Cambrai 1918 & the Pursuit to the Selle, October–November 1918

    by Paul Oldfield ...
    In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. Victoria Crosses on the Western Front: Battles of the Hindenburg Line - St Quentin, Beaurevoir, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Victoria Crosses on the Western Front, April 1915–June 1916

    by Paul Oldfield ...
    Series Book 2 - Victoria Crosses on the Western Front
    During visits to the First World War battlefields the author often wondered where various Victoria Cross actions took place; he resolved to find out. Research commenced in 1988 and numerous sources have been consulted in the meantime. The book is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader. A detailed account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Victoria Crosses on the Western Front

    Second Battle of Bapaume, August–September 1918

    by Paul Oldfield ...
    In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. Victoria Crosses on the Western Front: Second Battle of Bapaume is designed for the battlefield ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Victoria Crosses on the Western Front – Battles of the Scarpe 1918 and Drocourt-Queant Line

    26 August - 2 September 1918

    by Paul Oldfield ...
    In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. Victoria Crosses on the Western Front: Battles of the Scarpe & Drocourt- Quéant Line, is designed for ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Victoria Crosses on the Western Front – Battles of the Hindenburg Line – Canal du Nord

    September – October 1918

    by Paul Oldfield ...
    In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. Victoria Crosses on the Western Front – Battles of the Hindenburg Line – Canal du Nord is designed for ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cockleshell Raid

    by Paul Oldfield ...
    Series series Battleground French Coast
    Operation Frankton is a story of how a handful of determined and resourceful men, using flimsy canoes, achieved what thousands could not by conventional means. The volunteers had enlisted for Hostilities Only and, except for their leader, none had been in a canoe before. However, with a few months training they carried out what one German officer described as, the outstanding commando raid of the ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Victoria Crosses on the Western Front – The Final Advance in Flanders and Artois

    September – October 1918

    by Paul Oldfield ...
    In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. Victoria Crosses on the Western Front - The Final Advance in Flanders and Artois is designed for the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Revolution

    An International History of Anti-slavery, c.1787–1820

    by J. R. Oldfield ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Empire
    Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Revolution offers a fresh exploration of anti-slavery debates in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It challenges traditional perceptions of early anti-slavery activity as an entirely parochial British, European or American affair, and instead reframes the abolition movement as a broad international network of activists across a range of ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Victoria Crosses on the Western Front

    Battle of Albert, 21-27 August 1918

    by Paul Oldfield ...
    In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. Victoria Crosses on the Western Front: Battle of Albert, is designed for the battlefield visitor as ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Popular Politics and British Anti-Slavery

    The Mobilisation of Public Opinion against the Slave Trade 1787-1807

    by J.R. Oldfield ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures
    In 1792, 400,000 people put their signature to petitions calling for the abolition of the slaves trade. This work explains how this remarkable expression of support for black people was organized and orchestrated, and how it contributed to the growth of popular politics in Britain. ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • Victoria Crosses on the Western Front: August 1914–April 1915

    Mons to Hill 60

    by Paul Oldfield ...
    Series Book 1 - Victoria Crosses on the Western Front
    The research for this book commenced in 1988 while the author was serving in the Army. In the years since, numerous sources have been consulted, but career imperatives left insufficient time to complete the project until retirement from the military. In the past the author spent many days on the First and Second World War battlefields wondering precisely where the Victoria Cross actions took place ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus