Hibbert, Christopher – The Bell Bookshop

Arnhem

Emma — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The vivid account of how a brilliant plan turned into an epic tragedy – made into the BAFTA award-winning film A BRIDGE TOO FAR

‘Alive with the detail that evokes the smoking background’ DAILY TELEGRAPH

‘Finely recorded…truly the battle of Arnhem has been fortunate in its historian’ SUNDAY TIMES

This book tells the true story of the Battle of Arnhem which was fought in September 1944.

Nine thousand men of the First British Airborne Division were parachuted into the peaceful countryside that surrounded Arnhem. Their objective was to capture and hold the bridge over the Rhine ahead of the advancing British Second Army. Nine days later, after some of the fiercest street-fighting of the war, 2000 paratroopers managed to escape to safety.

Made famous by the film A BRIDGE TOO FAR

Illustrated Story Of England

Emma — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000

A beautiful, quirky, illustrated edition of Phaidon’s compelling bestseller, celebrating the book’s 25th anniversary

This concise and fast-paced introduction to English history keeps the reader enthralled through the entire course of the country’s political, economic, and cultural landscape, covering the whole sweep of English history from the Stone Age to the present. Its flowing narrative style, character sketches, and lively anecdotes bring the people and places of the past to life. In this newly illustrated edition, John Broadley’s unique tableaux-like illustrations capture the landscape, costumes, and characters of the history that Hibbert’s text so vividly evokes.

Florence Biography Of A City

Emma — Thu, 27 Oct 1994 00:00:00 +0000

This book is as captivating as the city itself. Hibbert’s gift is weaving political, social and art history into an elegantly readable and marvellously lively whole. The author’s book on Florence will also be at once a history and a guide book and will be enhanced by splendid photographs and illustrations and line drawings which will describe all teh buildings and treasures of the city.

Story Of England

Emma — Sat, 01 Jan 1994 00:00:00 +0000

The perfect concise introduction to England’s past for readers of all ages, this book is also a unique work of popular history, written by a master storyteller.

With vivid character sketches, telling details and well-chosen anecdotes, Christopher Hibbert brings people and places to life, while the outline of great events remains perfectly clear. His remarkable narrative keeps the reader enthralled, from the first encounter with England’s Neolithic inhabitants, through the entire course of the country’s political, economic and cultural history, to an expression of faith in the qualities of the English today. The text is illuminated throughout by many colour illustrations, and the need for quick reference is met by maps, genealogies, fold-out chronological charts and a comprehensive index. Concise yet richly informative, this book presents a new style of history that will absorb and educate all who read it.