Kipling continues the story of the Irish Guards 1914-1918.
| ||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Military history in a class by itself.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Irish Guards In The Great War: The Second Battalion: Edited and Compiled from Their Diaries and Papers (Hardcover)
In the aftermath of Kipling's loss of his 18-year old son in World War One, the famous writer was asked to write a history of his son's regiment. He consented at once and began immediately, embarking on a task which would take five and a half years.The devotion and the skill of one of the great masters of the language are manifest here, in what Kipling called "my great work...done with agony and bloody sweat", producing a work that stands as a literary masterpiece, as well as superb military history. Sarpedon is to be congratulated for this excellent edition of an unjustly neglected work, which is in two volumes, one for each battalion, reissued with rare photos and the original excellent maps. (The "score" rating is an ineradicable feature of the page. This reviewer does not "score" books.)
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
OFFICIALLY, the formation of the 2nd Battalion of the Irish Guards dates from the 15th July 1915, when it was announced that His Majesty the King had been "graciously pleased to approve" of the formation of two additional Battalions of Foot Guards - the 4th Grenadier Guards, and the 2nd Battalion Irish Guards, which was to be made up out of the personnel of the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
defensive flank, conspicuous gallantry, battalion headquarters, live bomb Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Irish Guards, Guards Brigade, Scots Guards, Battalion Headquarters, Guards Division, Captain Alexander, Brigade Headquarters, Company Commanders, Red House, Chalk-Pit Wood, Lieutenant Brew, Bourlon Wood, Brigade Reserve, Captain the Hon, Company Officers, Father Knapp, Ney Copse, Pont du Hem, Bleuet Farm, Major Rocke, Spring Meeting, Welsh Guards, Colonel Alexander, Divisional Reserve, Entrenching Battalion New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
OFFICIALLY, the formation of the 2nd Battalion of the Irish Guards dates from the 15th July 1915, when it was announced that His Majesty the King had been "graciously pleased to approve" of the formation of two additional Battalions of Foot Guards - the 4th Grenadier Guards, and the 2nd Battalion Irish Guards, which was to be made up out of the personnel of the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
defensive flank, conspicuous gallantry, battalion headquarters, live bomb Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Irish Guards, Guards Brigade, Scots Guards, Battalion Headquarters, Guards Division, Captain Alexander, Brigade Headquarters, Company Commanders, Red House, Chalk-Pit Wood, Lieutenant Brew, Bourlon Wood, Brigade Reserve, Captain the Hon, Company Officers, Father Knapp, Ney Copse, Pont du Hem, Bleuet Farm, Major Rocke, Spring Meeting, Welsh Guards, Colonel Alexander, Divisional Reserve, Entrenching Battalion New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 2
books:
3
books
cite this book:
- The Royal Flying Corps (Images of Aviation) by Terry C. Treadwell in Front Matter
- Robert Bruce: Scotland's Hero King Hb (Scottish History) by Margaret Stephen in Back Matter
- Rudyard Kipling: A Life by Harry Ricketts in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Rudyard Kipling: A Life by Harry Ricketts in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Rudyard Kipling: A Literary Life (Literary Lives) by Phillip Mallett in Back Matter
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
