333:, published in 1996, accompanies the first series. By 28 September 1996, this book had spent nine weeks in the "Hardbacks" section of "The Times Bestseller List". It was ranked sixth in the list of hardback bestsellers published in The Times on 31 August 1996. It was included, in particular, in the top twenty hardback bestsellers in the lists published in The Times on 31 August and 7, 14, 21 and 28 September 1996, with sales of a total of 2,168 copies reported in the lists during those five weeks. This book has been called "excellent".
178:(though it could be questioned whether the Blitz had a battlefield), which are visited by Holmes, and is also about the corresponding battles. The series covers twelve battles. Both the first and the second series are about battles fought by British or English forces (sometimes with foreign allies). Nine of these were fought against German, French or Norman forces. The other three are from British or English civil wars.
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For reviews of this episode, see
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For a review of this episode, see Peter
Waymark, "War Walks: Dunkirk" in "Television Choice: Dunkirk beaches revisited", The Times, 12 December 1997, p 50.
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