Books by Cyril Falls

A historical account of Anglo-Irish history between 1560 and 1602

First published in 1936, The Birth of Ulster remains the touchstone text on the origins of the Irish Question.

Held to be the best written of all the official histories of operations on the Western Front begins with a review of the allied prospects for 1917 as discussed at the Chantilly Conference and then covers the first five months of 1917: the operations on the Ancre in Jan/Feb, the German withdrawal and the British Arras Offensive April - May 1917 Vimy, the battles of the Scarpe (3), of Bullecourt (2), and of Arleux.

A first-hand account of the early days of World War I