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Very Unimportant Officer The extraordinary true story of life and death in the WWI trenches

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Beschreibung

Rediscovered after decades spent gathering dust on a family bookshelf, this is the moving account of the life of Captain Stewart, an ordinary officer in the front line in France and Flanders throughout 1916 and 1917.

Recruited to The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1915 at the age of 33, Captain Stewart...

Beschreibung

Rediscovered after decades spent gathering dust on a family bookshelf, this is the moving account of the life of Captain Stewart, an ordinary officer in the front line in France and Flanders throughout 1916 and 1917.

Recruited to The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1915 at the age of 33, Captain Stewart went 'over the top' many times, outliving 'so many better men', as he says with typical humility.

Through his vivid testimony we learn of the mud ('more like thick slime'), the flies and the difficulties of suffering dysentry while on horseback. In one memorable passage he describes engaging the enemy while smoking a pipe - an episode for which he was awarded the Military Cross.

Yet through the chaos and horror of the trenches, Captain Stewart reflects with compassion on the fears and immense courage of the men under his command.

Newly edited by his grandson, Cameron Stewart, A VERY UNIMPORTANT OFFICER gives us a fascinating insight into the horrors and absurdities of trench life.

Rezension

The immediacy, candour and sheer literary merit of his journals make this an important new source for the Great War . . . a very remarkable man. Evening Standard

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum

14.05.2009
Abbildungen

B & W throughout
Verlag Hodder & Stoughton

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum

14.05.2009
Abbildungen

B & W throughout
Verlag Hodder & Stoughton
Seitenzahl

336
Maße (L/B/H)

19.9/12.8/2 cm
Gewicht

256 g
Sprache

Englisch
ISBN

978-0-340-97712-5
Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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