Once a Soldier: Even Parachute Regiment training couldn’t prepare him for the ordeals he would face – on and off the field of battle. - Couverture souple

Livre 2 sur 2: Irish Republican History

Tomkins, Phil

 
9781861511751: Once a Soldier: Even Parachute Regiment training couldn’t prepare him for the ordeals he would face – on and off the field of battle.
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1861511752 ISBN 13 : 9781861511751
Editeur : Mereo Books, 2014

Synopsis

Travis' father was a failed soldier, a coward and a heartless bully who tried to disown his son. Now Travis is determined to shame him by becoming the soldier his father could never have been - through joining the Parachute Regiment, the élite of the British Army. His restless urge to prove himself takes him from country to country and from army to army, where he battles with enemies both external and internal until he is finally able to put horror and tragedy behind him and find honour, love and peace.'The sounds of the battle were like some crazy symphony, orchestrated by a mad composerand led by an even madder conductor who had decided to play all his heavy brass instruments at the same time and all of his percussion, bass drums pounding amid the deafening clashes of cymbals. His instruments were automatic rifle fire, hand grenades, grenade launchers, claymore mines, light and heavy machine guns and mortars. For vocals he had the screams of the wounded and dying.''A killer story, with a strong emotional core, powerful themes that will touch hearts and abelievable protagonist' - Kaye Jones, History in an Hour

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Travis’ father was a failed soldier, a coward and a heartless bully who tried to disown his son. Now Travis is determined to shame him by becoming the soldier his father could never have been – through joining the Parachute Regiment, the élite of the British Army. His restless urge to prove himself takes him from country to country and from army to army, where he battles with enemies both external and internal until he is finally able to put horror and tragedy behind him and find honour, love and peace. ‘The sounds of the battle were like some crazy symphony, orchestrated by a mad composer and led by an even madder conductor who had decided to play all his heavy brass instruments at the same time and all of his percussion, bass drums pounding amid the deafening clashes of cymbals. His instruments were automatic rifle fire, hand grenades, grenade launchers, claymore mines, light and heavy machine guns and mortars. For vocals he had the screams of the wounded and dying.’ ‘A killer story, with a strong emotional core, powerful themes that will touch hearts and a believable protagonist’ - Kaye Jones, History in an Hour

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Éditeur
Mereo Books
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1861511752
ISBN 13 
9781861511751
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
236
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