Mr. Kipling's Army: All the Queen's Men - Couverture souple

Farwell, Byron

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0393304442 ISBN 13 : 9780393304442

Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 1987

Synopsis

This is an upstairs-downstairs view of the Victorian-Edwardian army, one of the world's most peculiar fighting forces. The battles it fought are household words, but the idiosyncracies and eccentricities of its soldiers and the often appalling conditions under which they lived have gone largely unrecorded. Byron Farwell explores here the lives of officers and men, their foibles, gallantry, and diversions, their discipline and their rewards.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The outrageous, but often glorious, story of Britain's pre-World War I Army. This is an upstairs-downstairs view of the Victorian-Edwardian army, one of the world's most peculiar fighting forces. The battles it fought are household words, but the idiosyncracies and eccentricities of its soldiers and the often appalling conditions under which they lived have gone largely unrecorded. Byron Farwell explores here the lives of officers and men, their foibles, gallantry, and diversions, their discipline and their rewards.

Biographie de l'auteur :

During the Second World War, Byron Farwell (1921-1999) served as a captain of engineers attached to the Mediterranean Allied Air Force in the British Eighth Army area.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: W. W. Norton & Company
• Date d'édition: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0393304442
• ISBN 13: 9780393304442
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 258