Mr. Kipling's army - Hardcover
The outrageous, but often glorious, story of Britain's pre-World War I Army.
This is an upstairs-downstairs view of the Victorian-Edwardian army, one of the world's most peculiar fighting forces. The battles it fought are household words, but the idiosyncracies and eccentricities of its soldiers and the often appalling conditions under which they lived have gone largely unrecorded. Byron Farwell explores here the lives of officers and men, their foibles, gallantry, and diversions, their discipline and their rewards."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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During the Second World War, Byron Farwell (1921–1999) served as a captain of engineers attached to the Mediterranean Allied Air Force in the British Eighth Army area.
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“An extraordinarily useful reference for those who wish to understand the British Empire at flood tide. I cannot recommend it highly enough.”
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- Business Week
“A thumping good read.”
- Houston Post
“Eye-opening . . . extravagant . . . lively.”
- Kirkus Reviews
“A delightful and extraordinarily well-informed book.”
- Washington Post
“An extraordinarily useful reference for those who wish to understand the British Empire at flood tide. I cannot recommend it highly enough.”
- William Manchester
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- PublisherNorton
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0393013863
- ISBN 13 9780393013863
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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