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I have stood on the ground where my great-uncle Captain George Hall fell in 1918.
I drive the 1937 SS Jaguar that features in my father’s Aristo Autos books.
And every week we bring forgotten stories of the Burma Campaign, SOE and British military history back into print — alongside memoirs, thrillers and distinctive fiction.
Thoughtful books. Distinctive voices. Veteran-owned.
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Amazing how the movie 'Dr Zhivago' depicted the future for our nation 🫣 - and so wonderful to see property theft by the State promoted so enthusiastically by our UK Lords and Masters. The failure of successive governments to oversee the adequate creation of housing is staggering (along with much else they have botched) but don't worry Comrades, our homes will never be empty as the kids will be living with us forever! All hail the People's Soviet of Chairman of the Presidium Burnham! 😆😬
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On this day in 1918, my cousin Lance Corporal Gordon Thomas Gurney was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Canal du Nord. Some years ago I stood where he died and visited his grave. Remembering Gordon today.
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OUT NOW: Sand in Strange Places by Richard Grainger.
Sex, school and survival in the years of the Troubles.
“A blistering memoir: poignant, sobering and hilarious.”
David Roy
“It’s a crackin’ read.”
Cecil Lowry, writer & historian
Available from Chiselbury, Amazon & bookshops.
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There is a fascinating interview with the author on piped.video/bTwa-ap6YHw
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They had never been in battle before.
Surrounded in the hills, the Assam Regiment fought for five days before beginning an extraordinary march towards Kohima.
Charlotte Carty tells the story behind 39 Hours: The March That Saved India.
Watch on YouTube.
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For some reason the link to the full interview dropped off. Here is it again 39 Hours: The Forgotten March to Kohima | Charlotte Carty | Chiselbury Conversations
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Passport to Oblivion, published in 1964, is the first of James Leasor’s Dr Jason Love spy thrillers. Due to major security leaks MI6 needs an amateur for a vital mission. The plot has some pleasingly wild elements. Very enjoyable.
My review: vintagepopfictions.blogspot.…
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Should be no surprise that The Times newspaper is leading the latest smear campaign against the SAS.
Part of the Establishment has always disapproved of Britain's special forces.
Not cricket, old boy.
Take the Tory MP Simon Wingfield-Digby & his distaste for the SBS in 1944.
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📰 Today, Stuart Lloyd (@RealStuLloyd) reviews “Time Will Pass Johnny: A Prisoner of War, a Survivor of Singapore, and a Life in Film” by Percy Herbert @Chiselbury
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From the beaches of Normandy to reshaping global trade: ERROLL, the biography of Erroll Prior-Palmer by Simon Prior-Palmer, is out today. Get your copy → Chiselbury.co.uk / Amazon / all good bookshops.
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Perfectly summed up by this sentence: ‘If she is the shepherd and the Church her flock, she seems determined to remind us that the end destination for sheep is always the slaughterhouse.’
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Two Jewish spies entered Nazi-occupied France. Only one survived.
Discover the extraordinary true stories of Joseph "André" Scheinmann and Maurice Pertschuk in 'I Am André' and 'The Moon in Splinters'.
Available now from Chiselbury, Amazon and all good bookshops.
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“I learned from that night not to show any emotion.”
Richard Grainger, author of Sand in Strange Places, recalls his first night at boarding school and learning to bottle up his pain.
Watch Chiselbury Conversations on YouTube: @Chiselbury.
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Soldier. Business leader. Polo player.
Erroll Prior-Palmer won the Saddle of Honour at Sandhurst and became one of England’s leading polo players, playing 59 matches in 1937 alone.
Just one part of an extraordinary life.
ERROLL by Simon Prior-Palmer, published 24 September.
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Frequently bought together - great if true! Thank you if it is you!
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On 20 September 1857, Delhi was recaptured after months of siege.
“Never has this story of hate, violence, courage and cowardice been better told.”
Cecil Woodham-Smith on James Leasor’s The Red Fort.
Discover the history, and the novel Follow the Drum, at Chiselbury.co.uk
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