Uncommon Valour
the story of the victoria cross
$86.33
- Hardcover
282 pages
- Release Date
19 June 2019
Summary
Uncommon Valour: A History of the Victoria Cross
What is the nature of courage, how and when should it be recognized, and how has our appreciation of it changed? These are among the questions Granville Allen Mawer seeks to answer in this absorbing study of the history of the Victoria Cross, the highest award in the British honours system for gallantry in the presence of the enemy.
This is the first analytical account of the institution of the Victoria Cross, and it is a fasc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781526755384 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1526755386 |
| Author: | Mawer Granville Allen |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Military |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 282 |
| Release Date: | 19 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 772g |
| Dimensions: | 172mm x 241mm |
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a very fine piece of work, a thoughtful but lively essay on what such an award isreally all about. It should appeal to anyone interested in military values.
a very fine piece of work, a thoughtful but lively essay on what such an award is really all about. It should appeal to anyone interested in military values.–Naval Historical Foundation
About The Author
Mawer Granville Allen
Granville Allen Mawer, a former senior public servant in Australia, is a historian who has specialized in military, maritime and exploration history. His previous publications include Most Perfectly Safe: The Convict Shipwreck Disasters of 1833-42, Ahab’s Trade: The Saga of South Seas Whaling, South by Northwest: The Magnetic Crusade and the Contest for Antarctica, Diary of a Spitfire Pilot, Incognita: The Invention and Discovery of Terra Australis, A Voyage to New Holland and Round the World, and South Sea Argonaut: James Colnett and the Enlargement of the Pacific.
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