New Releases by Walter Lord

From the PREFACE. It is not pretended that this book is an exhaustive account of the Lost Possessions of England. Such an account might perhaps be written, but it could hardly be read. If, out of the scattered records of our other lost possessions, some meagre account were compiled, it would be interesting only to the descendants--lineal and regimental--of the gallant men who took part in them. This view was strongly held by the late Sir John Seeley, who kindly revised these essays, and by whose advice these, and no more, are incorporated in this volume. The following were the reasons given by the late Regius Professor of History for advising the author to restrict his work to the contents of this book: Neither the events here recorded, nor the similar events which are only alluded to, have influenced to any considerable extent the course of history. Their importance to us lies in the lessons which they enforce, and these are as easily deducible from the occupations here treated of as from double their number; it is a case where the half is greater than the whole: These lessons are: 1. The advantage to a sea Power like Great Britain of an extended Empire--an advantage very bluntly pointed out to Sir William Draper in the secret instructions furnished to that officer prior to his departure for Manila. 2. The value in Imperial policy of the sound business principle of not throwing away rubbish--as illustrated by Tangier and the present situation in Morocco. 3. The necessity of listening to the advice of the man on the spot--by not doing which we lost Java. 4. The paramount importance of studying local climatic conditions--a neglect of which precaution cost us five thousand men in Cuba. 5. The folly of entrusting important expeditions (even against incompetent enemies) to untried leaders--a folly which cost us five thousand men and the province of Buenos Ayres. 6. The disastrous effects of a weak course of action in equivocal situations--as in the Ionian Islands. The author''s great obligations to the late Sir John Seeley have already been acknowledged; he is further indebted to Lord Leconfield for permission to examine the records in his possession, and to the editors of Temple Bar and the Nineteenth Century for permission to incorporate articles already published by them. 11, New Square, Lincoln''s Inn. December, 1895.

Sheads, a National Park Service ranger and specialist on the event, introduces the book, which will remain a popular favorite for years to come.

Quello di Walter Lord è il resoconto più fedele e toccante del più grande disastro marittimo del Novecento. A Titanic. La vera storia fanno infatti riferimento tutte le ricostruzioni anche cinematografiche - dal film di Kenneth More Titanic, latitudine 41 nord del 1958, al colossal pluripremiato di James Cameron del 1997 - che rievocano la notte del 14 aprile 1912, e le interminabili ore trascorse tra l''urto contro l''iceberg, alle 23,40, e la mattina seguente, quando i superstiti vennero soccorsi. Quella tragedia continua a commuovere il mondo intero: delle 2207 persone a bordo di quella nave «inaffondabile» se ne salvarono solo 705. Intervistando i superstiti con la spregiudicatezza e lo scrupolo del grande giornalista, ricostruendo i fatti con la precisione dello storico, Walter Lord racconta in presa diretta l''affondamento del Titanic. Illustra i risvolti tecnici, chiarisce dubbi e misteri; e soprattutto dà la parola a chi ha vissuto quell''evento in prima persona: milionari ed emigranti, ufficiali e marinai, donne e bambini. Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1955 e immediatamente accolto con enorme successo, Titanic. La vera storia è la ricostruzione scrupolosa di quello che accadde nel gelido mare tranquillo, sotto un cielo stellato, in quella terribile notte.

In this New York Times bestseller, the author of A Night to Remember and The Miracle of Dunkirk revisits the Titanic disaster. Walter Lord’s A Night to Remember was a landmark work that recounted the harrowing events of April 14, 1912, when the British ocean liner RMS Titanic went down in the North Atlantic Ocean, a book that inspired a classic movie of the same name. In The Night Lives On, Lord takes the exploration further, revealing information about the ship’s last hours that emerged in the decades that followed, and separating myths from facts. Was the ship really christened before setting sail on its maiden voyage? What song did the band play as water spilled over the bow? How did the ship’s wireless operators fail so badly, and why did the nearby Californian, just ten miles away when the Titanic struck the iceberg, not come to the rescue? Lord answers these questions and more, in a gripping investigation of the night when approximately 1,500 victims were lost to the sea.

From the bestselling author of Day of Infamy: In the bloodiest island combat of WWII, one group of men kept watch from behind Japanese lines. The Solomon Islands was where the Allied war machine finally broke the Japanese empire. As pilots, marines, and sailors fought for supremacy in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and the Slot, a lonely group of radio operators occupied the Solomon Islands’ highest points. Sometimes encamped in comfort, sometimes exposed to the elements, these coastwatchers kept lookout for squadrons of Japanese bombers headed for Allied positions, holding their own positions even when enemy troops swarmed all around. They were Australian-born but Solomon-raised, and adept at survival in the unforgiving jungle environment. Through daring and insight, they stayed one step ahead of the Japanese, often sacrificing themselves to give advance warning of an attack. In Lonely Vigil, Walter Lord, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Night to Remember and The Miracle of Dunkirk, tells of the survivors of the campaign and what they risked to win the war in the Pacific.

Ronstructie van de historische scheepsramp in 1912 aan de hand van interviews met zestig overlevenden.

Spannender und authentischer Bericht über den dramatischen Untergang des Luxusliners.

Originally published: New York, Harper,1960. With new introd.

A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title.

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They had no right to win. Yet they did, and in doing so they changed the course of the war. More than that, they added a new name -- Midway -- to that small list that inspires men by example -- Marathon, the Marne, the Somme and Rorke''s Drift.

Son précédent livre, La Nuit du Titanic, reconstitution minutieuse du naufrage du 14 avril 1912, rencontra un tel succès que, quelques semaines après sa parution aux Etats-Unis, Walter Lord commençait à recevoir, du monde entier, lettres, documents et témoignages inédits. Ces informations apportaient des éléments éclairant nombre de points demeurés dans l''ombre à l''issue de l''enquête. Par exemple : - Pourquoi le Titanic n''a-t-il tenu aucun compte des avertissements lancés par d''autres navires quant à la présence d''icebergs dérivants ? - Pourquoi plusieurs canots de sauvetage n''ont-ils accueilli que la moitié des passagers prévus ? - Pourquoi le Californian, qui se trouvait à 20 milles de là, a-t-il observé les signaux de détresse sans réagir ? - Pourquoi le Titanic n''était-il pas pourvu d''une double coque et de cloisons étanches assez hautes ? Pour répondre à ces interrogations et rétablir quelques vérités, Walter Lord a rouvert le dossier. Et tenu compte des conclusions des premiers examens de l''épave en 1985. Plus riche encore que La Nuit du Titanic, aussi passionnant, ce livre dévoile quelques-uns des secrets d''une catastrophe qui n''aurait jamais dû se produire.

An authoritative recounting of the battle at the Alamo including an attempt to dispel the popular myths

The year was 1814, and within three weeks our "young and not always wise" nation suffered acute shame and was revived by an astonishing victory.