Author PROFILE

William Martin

William Martin served in Naval Intelligence for many years and now living in Charente, France, where he devotes his time to military history and cognac. A regular contributor to a number of military and current affairs journals, he is now writing a new biography of Marshal Petain. This is his first book for Osprey.

William Martin's Books
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Fire Kills: Marshal Petain and the ghosts of Verdun

2001 is the 50th anniversary of the death of Marshal Henri-Philippe Pétain, France’s greatest military hero of the First World War. He died a prisoner, vilified for his role as Vichy head of state 1940–44. Senile and suffering...

September 1, 2001 12:00 AM