Author: Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart (K.B.E.)
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Happy Odyssey. The Memoirs of ... Sir Adrian Carton De Wiart, Etc. [With a Portrait.].
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Happy Odyssey. The Memoirs of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart
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Happy Odyssey
Author: Adrian Carton de Wiart
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Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired 1881/1900-.
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 508
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Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the British Museum Library
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Happy Odyssey
Author: Adrian Carton de Wiart
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1848849184
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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The legendary British Army officer recounts his experiences in the Boer War and both World Wars in this memoir with a foreword by Winston Churchill. Lieutenant General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart had one of the most extraordinary military careers in the history of the British Army. His gallantry in combat won him a Victoria Cross and a Distinguished Service Order, as well as an eyepatch and an empty sleeve. His autobiography is one of the most remarkable of military memoirs. Carton de Wiart abandoned his law studies at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1899 to serve as a trooper in the South African War. During World War I he served both in British Somaliland and on the Western Front, where he lost his left eye to a bullet at the Battle of Somme. He went on to serve as a liaison officer with Polish forces, narrowly escaping the German blitz at the outbreak of World War II. He was part of the British Military Mission to Yugoslavia, taken prisoner by the Italian Army, and made numerous attempts at escape. He spent the remainder of the war as Churchill’s representative in China. The novelist Evelyn Waugh famously used Carton de Wiart as the model for his character Brigadier Ben Ritchie Hook in the Sword of Honour trilogy. In this thrilling autobiography, the legendary officer tells his own remarkable story.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1848849184
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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The legendary British Army officer recounts his experiences in the Boer War and both World Wars in this memoir with a foreword by Winston Churchill. Lieutenant General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart had one of the most extraordinary military careers in the history of the British Army. His gallantry in combat won him a Victoria Cross and a Distinguished Service Order, as well as an eyepatch and an empty sleeve. His autobiography is one of the most remarkable of military memoirs. Carton de Wiart abandoned his law studies at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1899 to serve as a trooper in the South African War. During World War I he served both in British Somaliland and on the Western Front, where he lost his left eye to a bullet at the Battle of Somme. He went on to serve as a liaison officer with Polish forces, narrowly escaping the German blitz at the outbreak of World War II. He was part of the British Military Mission to Yugoslavia, taken prisoner by the Italian Army, and made numerous attempts at escape. He spent the remainder of the war as Churchill’s representative in China. The novelist Evelyn Waugh famously used Carton de Wiart as the model for his character Brigadier Ben Ritchie Hook in the Sword of Honour trilogy. In this thrilling autobiography, the legendary officer tells his own remarkable story.
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Pages : 1456
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Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired
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Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971: Carril
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Pages : 584
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Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired
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