Kidnap in Crete – Review by Mark Barnes
We last met Rick Stroud gadding about the Western Desert following in the wake of a motley crew of scenery painters and conjurers who deceived…
GERMAN WARSHIP SERIES BACK IN PRINT – Review by Mark Barnes
If we think about the Kreigsmarine during World War II the pictures coming immediately into our heads will be of U-Boats or the famous capital…
THE OLD FRONT LINE – Review by Mark Barnes
Back in the 1980s when it was still possible to walk areas of the Western Front and find a considerable amount of the debris of…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 4 – By Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes continues his adventures in Turkey beginning with a look at the remains of a French artillery position just inland from Cape Helles. A…
AMERICANS ON D-DAY – Review by Mark Barnes
This one landed on my doormat a bit late for the anniversary events but 2014 remains very a much a D-Day year despite similar commemorations…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 3 – by Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes continues his Dardanelles travelogue. We have already seen the carnage on ‘V’ Beach but misfortune was not exclusive to that short strip of…
EMBERS OF WAR – Review by Mark Barnes
In June 1919 when the victorious powers met at Versailles to flay the defeated Central Powers other stuff was going on that would have ramifications…
POZOR! – Review by Mark Barnes
Don’t panic dear reader; you haven’t inadvertently stumbled on a classic car site in error. This book may only contain a modicum of images of…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – Part 2 by Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes continues his tour of Gallipoli with a visit to Seddulbahir, the scene of the tragic landing on ‘V’ Beach by the British 29th…
LIBERTY ROADS – Review by Mark Barnes
Warning! Don’t buy this book on the assumption it has lots of fantastic photographs – it has. Don’t buy it on the breezy notion you…
A WEEK IN GALLIPOLI – By Mark Barnes
Mark Barnes takes us on a tour of the Gallipoli battlefield, the scene of a great victory for Turkey during the Great War. Eleven long…
WORLDS GREATEST TANKS – Review by Mark Barnes
This is a brave book if ever there was one. How often have you been challenged to nominate a greatest this or that by your…