The Daily Telegraph Book of Military Obituaries (3) - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1909808318 ISBN 13 : 9781909808317

Editeur : Grub Street Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

David Twiston Davies's latest and highly entertaining collection of 100 Daily Telegraph military obituaries from the last fifteen years, include those celebrated for their great heroism and involvement in major operations. Others have extraordinary stories barely remembered by their families. Personalities who feature include the Canadian Sgt Smoky Smith who was locked up after winning the VC in Italy to ensure he would be sober at Buckingham Palace; Obergefreiter Henry Metellman, a Panzer driver brutally frank about his Eastern Front experiences, who later became a groundsman at Charterhouse School; Private Harry Patch, the last man to go over the top in the First World War; Sgt Tiny Brice who rescued two wounded men under fire, pulling them to safety on a farm gate; Penny Phillips, an ambulance driver caught up in the retreat from France in 1940; Armedeo Guillet, an Italian officer who led the last cavalry charge against the British in 1941; Australian General Sir Frank Hassett who commanded a textbook operation in Korea; and Lt-Col David Garforth Bles who was pig sticking in India when a friend disappeared only to be found at the bottom of an enormous well accompanied by his horse with a pig trying to bite both of them.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

The Daily Telegraph's latest collection of 100 military obituaries from the past 16 years, edited by David Twiston Davies , is both informative and moving. As Andrew Roberts wrote of the first collection: 'to those Britons who have known only peace, these [obituaries] are thought provoking and humbling essays in valour.' I'd heartily recommend it - there's wisdom in them thar pages. --The Scottish Field
Worthy, if briefly, is mention of the publication of the third volume of the Daily Telegraph's series of collected military obituaries...Passage of time has dictated that only one veteran of the Great War is included in this outstanding collection: Harry Patch, the remarkable 'last man standing', who died 'still enraged by the war' on 25 July 2009 at the age of 111... -- The Western Front Association.

In this, his third book of military obituaries, David Twiston Davies shows he is very much on top of his job. He is obviously aware of how popular the Daily Telegraph obituaries have become and the reasons for it. What is obvious from the introduction is that Twiston Davies knows that a great deal is happening which needs to be taken account of if the tradition of obituary writing is to continue, or even, survive. --The Catholic Herald

Renown for their obituary columns, the Daily Telegraph excel at obituaries of the celebrated and the famous and these volumes of collected obituaries by Grub Street are an absolute goldmine. In terms of a book that ought to be on the shelves of researchers, military history students and writers then this is up there as a 'must'. --Britain at War

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grub Street Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1909808318
• ISBN 13: 9781909808317
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Éditeur: Davies David Twiston
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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