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Donaldson, Sergeant In The Ninety-Fourth

 
9781845747596: Recollections of the Eventful Life of a Soldier
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1845747593 ISBN 13 : 9781845747596
Editeur : Naval & Military Press, 2015

Synopsis

Deservedly well-known to historians, these are the recollections of a Scottish soldier whose military career stretched for some 21 years, from a private in Picton's Division in the Peninsula War to service as a recruiting officer for the East India Company in the Victorian Raj. This book covers the early part of the author's life and relates Donaldson's deprived Glasgow childhood, his enlistment in the army, and his experiences in Iberia. After leaving the army in 1814, he wrote up his recollections in 1817 while attempting to study medicine. Dire necessity - including the burden of supporting ten children - forced him to resume military life as a recruiting officer. Tragically, he died in 1830 of lung disease while studying anatomy in Paris, at the early age of just thirty-seven.

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Éditeur
Naval & Military Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1845747593
ISBN 13 
9781845747596
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
384
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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