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Richard Holmes

Born

in Aldridge, Staffordshire, The United Kingdom

March 29, 1946

Died

April 30, 2011

Genre

History, Military History, Biography

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Edward Richard Holmes was Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University and the Royal Military College of Science. He was educated at Cambridge, Northern Illinois, and Reading Universities, and carried out his doctoral research on the French army of the Second Empire. For many years he taught military history at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.

A celebrated military historian, Holmes is the author of the best-selling and widely acclaimed Tommy and Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket. His dozen other books include Dusty Warriors, Sahib, The Western Front, The Little Fi ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 5,322 ratings · 446 reviews · 116 distinct works • Similar authors

	Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket 4.09 avg rating — 760 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wellington: The Iron Duke 3.89 avg rating — 740 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tommy: The British Soldier on the Western Front 1914-1918 4.27 avg rating — 606 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	World War II: The Definitive Visual History by Richard Holmes, Ann Kramer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Charles Messenger (Contributor) 4.44 avg rating — 479 ratings — published 2009 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor by Richard Holmes, R.G. Grant (Contribution by), Roger Ford (Contribution by) 4.23 avg rating — 454 ratings — published 2006 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sahib: The British Soldier in India 1750-1914 4.10 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marlborough: England's Fragile Genius 3.87 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Acts of War: Behavior of Men in Battle 4.04 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1986 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War 3.92 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The D-Day Experience: From the Invasion to the Liberation of Paris 4.24 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1994 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Parry of 2nd Battalion the Cheshire Regiment at once requisitioned ‘extra attractive women’ from the cantonment magistrate at Amballa, arguing that he had only six women for 400 men.”
― Richard Holmes, Sahib: The British Soldier in India 1750–1914

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