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Dorset , 1803.
A shepherd’s son is enlisted as a soldier of the Army of Reserve.
His name is Benjamin Randell Harris, private of the 95th Regiment of Foot.
The Recollections of Benjamin Harris are the classic memoirs of a foot soldier during the Napoleonic Wars, originally published in 1848.
With personal anecdotes, quick wit and vivid descriptions, The Recollections of Benjamin Harris is one of the few surviving accounts of military service from the Napoleonic era.
The memoir charts Harris’s years of active service from joining the 95th Rifles in Ireland, to the Peninsular Wars of Northern Spain.
Harris recollects the gripping campaign at Copenhagen, the engagement at the Battle of Rolica, the gruelling march to Salamanca and, finally, culminates with the Battle of Corunna.
The Recollections of Benjamin Harris is a personal military account from the eyes of a foot soldier, and offers military history fans a unique insight into the Napoleonic wars.
Praise for The Recollections of Benjamin Harris:
“Wonderful memoirs... A piercing eye, a talent for description, and a constant good humour” – Bernard Cornwell
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Although there are many accounts of the Peninsular War by fighting men, this book is justly famed because it is a rarity: a memoir dictated by a ranker in Sir John Moore’s army. At a time when many members of his class were illiterate, Benjamin Harris, a ‘Dorsetshire sheep-boy’ serving in the 95th Regiment of Foot from 1803 conveys the hard life of an old sweat fighting both the French and the Iberian climate in lively and vivid prose. Harris records the sicknesses and medicines suffered by ordinary soldiers; recounts the savage punishment of a fellow Rifleman, and the cut and thrust of military life from a distinctly worm’s eye view, giving invaluable insights into the life of an ordinary soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. The book’s editor, Henry Curling, persuaded Harris to recount his memoirs when he met him while Harris was working as a London cobbler in the 1830s. First published in 1848, this memoir remains one of the most valuable documents to have come down to us from the early Peninsular War.
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Recollections of Rifleman Harris
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Recollections of Rifleman Harris
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The Recollections of Rifleman Harris
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THE RECOLLECTIONS OF RIFLEMAN HARRIS
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MBS / Leo Cooper Ltd., 1977
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Fair. Hardback; corners of boards dented, otherwise good in marked and creased dustjacket. ; First-hand account of John Harris' experiences as a rifleman in the 95th Rifles during the Peninsular War. ; 128 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 59093
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THE RECOLLECTIONS OF RIFLEMAN HARRIS
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Leo Cooper, GB, 1970
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Paperback. Etat : nrFine. Etat de la jaquette : VG Pc DW. Emerald green cloth, gilt. In almost fine condition BUT very slightly cocked. Slight creasing to top of spine. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped and in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. N° de réf. du vendeur kb180.562
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Recollections of Rifleman Harris
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The Recollections of Rifleman Harris,
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London Military Book Society, 1970
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Recollections of Rifleman Harris, as told to Henry Curling
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London: Leo Cooper / Military Book Society, 1977
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Hibbert, Christopher, editor. Recollections of Rifleman Harris, as told to Henry Curling / edited and introduced by Christopher Hibbert. London: Leo Cooper / Military Book Society, 1977 reprint of 1970 edition. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear to edges and slight tanning to spine. Green cloth, faded to edges and spine. Binding strong. xi, 128pp., contents clean and bright. "The vivid picture that he paints of life as an ordinary soldier during the Peninsula War has never been bettered . with an entertaining foreword as well as copious footnotes" (from the cover). RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1729855895216
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Recollections of Rifleman Harris
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Hardback. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Thus. THE RECOLLECTIONS OF RIFLEMAN HARRIS as told to Henry Curling. Edited and Introduced by Christopher Hibbert. Leo Cooper, London 1970 First thus ISBN 0850520053 128pp Hardback. This copy is in fine unmarked condition, bright, white, tight and square. The unclipped dust wrapper has some rubs and one very small closed tear but is otherwise fine. Rifleman Harris' recollections of life in Wellington's peninsular army offers a deep insight into the affairs of the common soldier during the Napoleonic wars. The commentary is not that of a well to do officer, telling of dances and fine dinners, but focuses on the far from romantic realities of campaigning. We hear of personal incidents and some amusing stories are recounted but the strength of the narrative lies in its immediacy and it is easy to see that the subjects want nothing more than an end to the continuing campaign. Told to an officer some years later who transcribed Harris' story, there is a refreshingly gritty reality to the narrative which at times seems to have more in common with the Bernard Cornwell Sharpe novels than with an historic account. Indeed the rifleman Harris of Cornwell's novels may owe much of his character to this hard fighting soldier Ref FF2. N° de réf. du vendeur 010603
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