“Bram stared into a pair of wide, dark eyes. Eyes that reflected a surprising glimmer of intelligence. This might be the rare… — Tessa Dare Copy Share Image
He loved telling stories. He had been everywhere in the world. The northwest frontier, the landscape of the Hindu Kush, was one… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
“The British Army and Navy sang a rousing song called "Heart of Oak"; the rebels had writ one to counter it called… — M.T. Anderson Copy Share Image
I lost a lot of friends at the hands of the British Army. The person who actually introduced me to my wife,… — Martin McGuinness Copy Share Image
“In defense of King, country, and family, he would unhesitatingly have sacrificed his virtue to Nessie, had that been required. If it… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I never talk about shooting anybody, but I do acknowledge I was a member of the IRA, and as a member of… — Martin McGuinness Copy Share Image
Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
My father fought on the side of the Central Powers, as a soldier in the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Army, my maternal… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
My grandmother on my father's side, a nightclub singer, was a Jewish refugee from Prussia who ended up in Jerusalem, where she… — Jamie Cullum Copy Share Image
One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
“all i know about the bible is that wherever it goes there's trouble. the only time i ever heard of it being… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
Yeah. Floyd is his batman." His what?" Batman, like in the British army, each officer had a batman, a personal servant." You… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
In later years, it was common, and I was guilty in this respect, to question the motives of those who joined the… — Sean Lemass Copy Share Image
Commanders and senior officers should die with troops. The honour of the British Empire and the British Army is at stake. — Lord Randolph Churchill Copy Share Image
What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself,… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
The American and the British armies liberated camps, there wasn't a single order of the day: Let's go and liberate the camp.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“I’m not studying the heroes who lead navies—and armies—and win wars. I’m studying ordinary people who you wouldn’t expect to be heroic,… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
My father enlisted at the age of 17. He lied about his age because he wanted to ride the fastest motorbikes, which… — Genesis P-Orridge Copy Share Image
“Second Lieutenant Walter Tull, whose body was never recovered, was the first black man to be commissioned as an infantry officer in… — Margot Asquith Copy Share Image
“The defenders retreated, but in good order. A musket flamed and a ball shattered a marine’s collar bone, spinning him around. The… — David Cook Copy Share Image
“Captain Evelyn Waugh of the British Army wrote of the Stuka, “Like all things German, it is very efficient and goes on… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
“In the wake of the British army’s burning of the roughly 3,000 books belonging to Congress at Washington, Jefferson offered to sell… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Few remember that the battle of Rorke's Drift was fought on the same day that the British Army suffered its most humiliating… — Saul David Copy Share Image
“There has of course always been a noisy pacifist or nationalist element in Britain who are ready to traduce the conduct of… — Randolph S. Churchill Copy Share Image
It was traumatic for my children to see the British army en masse coming into our home and searching the house. I… — Martin McGuinness Copy Share Image
