Four Years' Service in India - Couverture souple

Ryder, Cpl. John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845742052 ISBN 13 : 9781845742058

Editeur : Naval & Military Press, 2005

Synopsis

Written after the author had retired from the army into the ranks of the Leicestershire Police, this is a rare worm’s eye view of British military service in India in the mid-19th century. John Ryder was an illiterate working man when he took the queen’s shilling ( he learned to read and write in the army) but, as the editor of his memoirs patronisingly writes ‘though ungrammatical, the bright ore gleamed through the rough earth in which [the manuscript] was encrusted’. The book is indeed a vividly rough and ready acount of the author’s Indian military service, including honest accounts of atrocities ( some by British troops); military actions including the siege of Mooltan; as well as the more ordinary trials and tribulations in the heat and dust of India. An eye-opening account of great value to all those who want a taste of the sweaty reality at the sharp end of life in the armed service of the East India Company.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Naval & Military Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845742052
• ISBN 13: 9781845742058
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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