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Author : Gregory J. W. Urwin
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2002-06-01

Facing Fearful Odds written by Gregory J. W. Urwin and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-06-01 with History categories.

Facing Fearful Odds is based on interviews and correspondence gathered from more than seventy of Wake's American defenders and on research in archival and printed sources. The book covers the planning and political struggles that began Wake Island's transformation into a naval air station and submarine base, the U.S. Navy's eleventh-hour efforts to garrison and fortify Wake, and the various air, sea, and land attacks that resulted in the atoll's capture by the Imperial Japanese Navy. This study attempts to correct the myths that shroud what happened on the atoll. - from preface.

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Author : John Jay
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2014-10-30

Facing Fearful Odds written by John Jay and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-30 with History categories.

On 22 May 1940 Alec Jay arrived in Calais with his Battalion, the Queen Victoria Rifles. After four days of intense fighting, he was taken prisoner of war along with those of his colleagues who were not killed. The Calais Garrison was not evacuated.?His situation as a POW was exceptionally perilous as he was a Jew. Made to wear distinctive clothing, he was all too aware of the Nazis' determination to eradicate his race. Undeterred he made five escape attempts as well as leading a successful protest strike, one of the few during the War.??When he finally escaped, he teamed up with Czech partisans and fought alongside them during the closing stages of the War.??John Jay, a distinguished journalist and Investment manager, has reconstructed his Father's war using the archive material from four countries and numerous other sources and POW accounts. The result is a fascinating and inspiring story.

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Author : Gordon Stables
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1927

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The Lays Of Ancient Rome

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Author : Thomas Babington Macaulay
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-05-30

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"Then out spake brave Horatius The captain of the gate To every man upon this earth death cometh soon or late And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds for the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods." Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay's classic collection of four lays describe heroic episodes from ancient Roman history. They are a delightful literary adventure which allow the reader to enjoy a high point in European culture while learning some incredible details of Roman history. The first two poems describe famous conflicts which led to the creation of the Republic: the story of Horatio's defense of the bridge over the Tiber, and the Battle of Lake Regillus (where the Etruscan King Tarquinius was defeated). The third lay tells the story of the Plebeian uprising against their near-slave conditions, and the fourth tells of the Pyrrhic and Punic Wars. These masterpieces of literary writing were so highly regarded that they were required reading in British public schools for more than a hundred years-until they were deliberately replaced by the current "dumbed-down" anti-European curricula found in Western schools today. This edition contains the author's original introduction and his overview of each lay.

Lays Of Ancient Rome

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Author : Thomas Babington Macaulay
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-11-28

Lays Of Ancient Rome written by Thomas Babington Macaulay and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-28 with categories.

Lays of Ancient Rome is a collection of narrative poems, or lays, by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Four of these recount heroic episodes from early Roman history with strong dramatic and tragic themes, giving the collection its name. Macaulay also included two poems inspired by recent history: Ivry (1824) and The Armada (1832).HoratiusThe first poem, Horatius, describes how Publius Horatius and two companions, Spurius Lartius and Titus Herminius, held the Sublician bridge against the Etruscan army of Lars Porsena, King of Clusium. The three heroes are willing to die in order to prevent the enemy from crossing the bridge, and sacking an otherwise ill-defended Rome. While the trio close with the front ranks of the Etruscans, the Romans hurriedly work to demolish the bridge, leaving their enemies on the wrong side of the swollen Tiber.This poem contains the often-quoted lines: Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: "To every man upon this earthDeath cometh soon or late.And how can man die betterThan facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his Gods."Lartius and Herminius regain the Roman side before the bridge falls, but Horatius is stranded, and jumps into the river still wearing his full armor. Macaulay writes, And when above the surgesThey saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of TuscanyCould scarce forbear to cheer..Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, FRS FRSE PC (25 October 1800

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Author : Thomas Babington Macaulay
language : en
Publisher: Blurb
Release Date : 2018-07-25

The Lays Of Ancient Rome written by Thomas Babington Macaulay and has been published by Blurb this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-25 with Fiction categories.

"Then out spake brave Horatius The captain of the gate "To every man upon this earth death cometh soon or late And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds for the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods." Lord Macaulay's classic collection of four lays describe heroic episodes from ancient Roman history. They are a delightful literary adventure which allow the reader to enjoy a high point in European culture while learning some incredible details of Roman history. The first two poems describe famous conflicts which led to the creation of the Republic: the story of Horatio's defense of the bridge over the Tiber, and the Battle of Lake Regillus (where the Etruscan King Tarquinius was defeated). The third lay tells the story of the Plebeian uprising against their near-slave conditions, and the fourth tells of the Pyrrhic and Punic Wars. These masterpieces of literary writing were so highly regarded that they were required reading in British public schools for more than a hundred years-until they were deliberately replaced by the current "dumbed-down" anti-European curricula found in Western schools today. This edition contains the author's original introduction and his overview of each lay.

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Author : Penny Claxton
language : en
Publisher: Vanguard Press
Release Date : 2019-04-18

Facing Fearful Odds written by Penny Claxton and has been published by Vanguard Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-18 with categories.

It is 1914, and Victoria Standish returns home to find her brother, Max, keen to join the impending war in Europe as a Light Horseman. Australia is far away from the conflict, but Victoria is thrilled at the prospect of nursing beyond the safe confines of her local community. In London, the Earl and Countess of Hadleigh are also preparing for war. Their son, Gerald, is commissioned in the Coldstream Guards and their younger son, Guy, is desperate to join up. Their daughter, Lady Julia, and their housemaid, Violet, will bravely join the Voluntary Aid Detachment as nursing assistants. Facing Fearful Odds chronicles a turbulent time in history, through the lives of nurses and the soldiers they were destined to meet. War will draw them together and create unbreakable bonds of friendship and love that will see them through the catastrophic battles in Gallipoli and the Somme. The conflict will shatter the established barriers of class and culture and change their lives forever...

Books 1-3 of the tales of Jonah Halberd of the Royal Navy of the Commonwealth of Planets

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