My Story
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Joe Read was 15 years old when he was caught up in a moment in history
no one will ever forget. Winston Churchill called it 'a miracle
of deliverance' when over 300,000 British and allied soldiers
were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk by a fleet of over 800
boats. Joe and his father Wally risked their lives taking their
pleasure craft, the New Britannic, across the channel. Joe's story
is told here for the first time.
no one will ever forget. Winston Churchill called it 'a miracle
of deliverance' when over 300,000 British and allied soldiers
were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk by a fleet of over 800
boats. Joe and his father Wally risked their lives taking their
pleasure craft, the New Britannic, across the channel. Joe's story
is told here for the first time.
BLITZ is a thrilling wartime tale about two siblings evacuated to Wales. It's 1940, and with London under fire Edie and her little brother are evacuated to Wales. Miles from home and missing her family, Edie is determined to be strong, but when life in the countryside proves tougher than in the capital she is torn between obeying her parents and protecting her brother...
My Story: Blitz is a thrilling wartime
tale about two siblings evacuated to Wales. It's
1940, and with London under fire Edie and her little brother
are evacuated to Wales. Miles from home and missing her family, Edie
is determined to be strong, but when life in the countryside
proves tougher than in the capital she is torn between obeying her
parents and protecting her brother.
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tale about two siblings evacuated to Wales. It's
1940, and with London under fire Edie and her little brother
are evacuated to Wales. Miles from home and missing her family, Edie
is determined to be strong, but when life in the countryside
proves tougher than in the capital she is torn between obeying her
parents and protecting her brother.
Experience history first-hand
with My Story in this all-new look!
My Story: Blitz is a thrilling wartime
tale about two siblings evacuated to Wales. It's
1940, and with London under fire Edie and her little brother
are evacuated to Wales. Miles from home and missing her family, Edie
is determined to be strong, but when life in the countryside
proves tougher than in the capital she is torn between obeying her
parents and protecting her brother.
Experience history first-hand
with My Story in this all-new look!
tale about two siblings evacuated to Wales. It's
1940, and with London under fire Edie and her little brother
are evacuated to Wales. Miles from home and missing her family, Edie
is determined to be strong, but when life in the countryside
proves tougher than in the capital she is torn between obeying her
parents and protecting her brother.
Experience history first-hand
with My Story in this all-new look!
March 1879 I ran and ran, screaming the worst curses I knew, hurtling completely alone into the enemy lines. There was thunder in my ears, but no lightning struck me down as I threw myself at the red soldiers, lashing out at their faces with my fists. They must have beenamazed to see a Zulu boy suddenly dive into their shallow trenches, but in a moment they'd swarmed over me and pinned me to the ground...For the next hour, while the battle raged around me, I lay struggling under the body of an English soldier as he handed upammunition to his comrades...
SEPTEMBER 1644 My head was down as I rode into the teeth of a gale beside Edward and I struggled to understand the meaning of the sudden shouts of anxiety from in front of us. I looked up and saw horses rearing and turning. Then I heard a volley of shots ring out, though I could not see who fired them for the smoke that suddenly hung over the road. At last, and nearly too late, I obeyed a harshly issued instruction to dismount and take shelter behind the wagons if I valued my life. I felt rather than heard the musket fire that might have been the end of me, as it ripped the air apart and shredded the canvas behind my head...
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My Story: Berlin Olympics winds the
clock back to 1936, the year the Olympics took place in Nazi Germany.
London-born Eleanor Rhys Davies's dream comes true when she
is selected to represent Britain as a swimmer.
But Berlin under Hitler can be a hostile place, and Eleanor is
witness to the murmurings that will finally erupt into WWII.
My Story: Berlin Olympics winds the
clock back to 1936, the year the Olympics took place in Nazi Germany.
London-born Eleanor Rhys Davies's dream comes true when she
is selected to represent Britain as a swimmer.
But Berlin under Hitler can be a hostile place, and Eleanor is
witness to the murmurings that will finally erupt into WWII.