{"product_id":"hardback-book-the-fighting-admirals-british-admirals-of-the-second-world-war-martin-stephen","title":"Hardback Book | The Fighting Admirals | British Admirals of the Second World War | Martin Stephen","description":"\u003cp\u003eHardback Book \u003cbr\u003eThe Fighting Admirals | British Admirals of the Second World War | Martin Stephen\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCover Type:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover with Dust Jacket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Condition:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eexcellent with some previous owner personalisation inside front cover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacket Condition:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eexcellent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLeo Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Place:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLondon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Year:\u003cspan\u003e 1991\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription:\u003cspan\u003e 227 pages. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe British Generals who helped bring the Second World War to its victorious conclusion were on the whole those lucky enough to have survived the holocaust of an earlier war, with many of the brightest and best of their contemporaries left for dead in Flanders. Despite grievous casualties the Royal Navy largely escaped the traumatic blood letting which purged the  Army and when the crisis came in 1939 the Navy had a pool of senior and experienced officers, many of whom rose to the occasion with the true Nelson touch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Martin Stephen - scholar, historian and Headmaster of the Perse School, Cambridge examines the background of many of these men, revealing a remarkable similarity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApprox 24cm x 16cms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reference Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48735460065508,"sku":"RA-0012688_C","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0070\/9528\/7908\/files\/fighting_admirals_1a.jpg?v=1776235542","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutantiques.com.au\/products\/hardback-book-the-fighting-admirals-british-admirals-of-the-second-world-war-martin-stephen","provider":"Roundabout Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}