In the years after the First World War waves of former soldiers were drawn back to their wartime haunts. Pilgrimage to the Western Front is the first collection of its kind to chronicle the experience of veterans who retraced their steps along the old front line offering a fascinating insight into what they found in the words of the men ......
This compact, pocket-sized Bruges & Ghent travel guidebook is ideal for travellers on shorter trips and those trying to make the most of Bruges & Ghent. It's light, easily portable and comes equipped with a pull-out map. This Bruges & Ghent guidebook covers: The Markt, The Burg, South of the Markt, North and East of the Markt, Damme, Central ......
In Flanders Fields begins on New Year's Day 1917 and the violence which ensued; it looks at the ways in which men died and looks at the politics, putting a spotlight on the leaders, and how the campaign was conceived, sponsored and opposed.Br>Reasons for this seemingly endless onslaught are still debated today by military historians, yet in this ......
Step into the medieval magic of Bruges with this handy, Bruges pop-up map. This genuinely pocket-sized Bruges map includes 2 PopOut maps featuring a street map of historic Bruges and a street map of central Bruges as well as maps of Antwerp, Ghent and a locator map. Ideal to pop in a pocket or bag for quick reference while exploring Bruges.
Let Secret Brussels guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Brussels guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious visitors alike. A"love hotel" where you can say a prayer, a reconstituted section of the ......
This guidebook covers 32 day walks between 2 and 24km and one 68km multi-stage route, the Sentier du Nord in the Ardennes. The Ardennes are a region in south Belgium, overlapping into Luxembourg and France, of rolling hills, deep valleys, rivers and wide reaches of forest. Walks take in WW2 battlefields, medieval castles, towns and villages.
It will be forever known as Passchendaele: the very word is used to describe wretched and perilous conditions such as were encountered at the battles which became officially designated as Third Ypres. There with better tactics, equipment and experience than he had previously employed, Haig was surely set for considerable advance and ultimate ......
