James W Bancroft: 19 books

The first one hundred and eleven awards of Victoria Cross were gained by men who served during the Crimean War, and therefore that campaign produced a number of firsts and superlatives concerning the prestigious medal. Among them are the first deed to be rewarded with the medal, the first man to be...

Extensively-researched biographical tributes to a selection of great pioneers of sport. The trbutes are: Major Francis Marindin - The Birth of the FA Cup; William Renshaw - The First Superstar of Tennis; Henry Taylor - A Superlative Olympic Swimmer; Charlie Mitchell - A Legendary Boxing Champion;...

Colonel Fred Burnaby is one of the greatest adventurers who ever lived and he was the kind of man on which romantic legends are built. A fearless dare-devil and intrepid traveller, he made two perilous journeys across Asia, and he became the first person to cross the English Channel single-handedly in a balloon. However, his first love was fighting and he was killed in action in the Sudan.

The Crimean War saw the introduction of the Victoria Cross, which was awarded to 111 men. Whilst the history of the Crimean War has been related many times, never before have the stories of those individuals who were awarded the VC been told. In this, the result of four decades of accumulated research,...

Through the night of January 22nd and 23rd, 1879, a small garrison of British soldiers behind a makeshift barricade of bags and boxes successfully defended the storehouse and field hospital at Rorke's Drift, against an army of Zulu warriors who outnumbered them by about 20 to one. This heroic stand...