Bugles and a Tiger

Bugles and a Tiger PDF Author: John Masters
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1474626092
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334

Book Description
The first of John Master's evocative memoirs about life in the Gurkhas in India on the cusp of WWII John Masters was a soldier before he became a bestselling novelist. He went to Sandhurst in 1933 at the age of eighteen and was commissioned into the 4th Gurkha Rifles in time to take part in some of the last campaigns on the turbulent north-west frontier of India. John Masters joined a Gurhka regiment on receiving his commission, and his depiction of garrison life and campaigning on the North-West Frontier has never been surpassed. BUGLES AND A TIGER is a matchless evocation of the British Army in India on the eve of the Second World War. Still very much the army depicted by Kipling, it stands on the threshold of a war that will transform the world. This book is the first of three volumes of autobiography that touched a chord in the post-war world.

The Road Past Mandalay

The Road Past Mandalay PDF Author: John Masters
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1474626076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 363

Book Description
The second part of the bestselling novelist's dramatic autobiography about his time in the Gurkhas during the second world war This is the second part of John Masters' autobiography: how he fought with his Gurkha regiment during World War II until his promotion to command one of the Chindit columns behind enemy lines in Burma. Written by a bestselling novelist at the height of his powers, it is an exceptionally moving story that culminates in him having to personally shoot a number of wounded British soldiers who cannot be evacuated before their position is overrun by the Japanese. It is an uncomfortable reminder that Churchill's obsession with 'special forces' squandered thousands of Allied lives in operations that owed more to public relations than strategic calculation. This military and moral odyssey is one of the greatest of World War II frontline memoirs.

Bugles and a Tiger

Bugles and a Tiger PDF Author: John Masters
Publisher: New York : Viking Press
ISBN:
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Book Description
The author, an Englishman, tells the story of his own life as an officer in the Indian Army.

Nightrunners of Bengal

Nightrunners of Bengal PDF Author: John Masters
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 0143064339
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 3

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Bhowani Junction

Bhowani Junction PDF Author: John Masters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 380

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Old Soldier Sahib

Old Soldier Sahib PDF Author: Frank Richards
Publisher: Parthian Books
ISBN: 1910901547
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294

Book Description
'...A remarkable and fascinating account...' --Phil Carradice, BBC From the author of the celebrated Great War memoir Old Soldiers Never Die, Old Soldier Sahib is Frank Richards' account of his experiences as a Royal Welch Fusilier in India and Burma at the dawn of the 20th century.

COROMANDEL!

COROMANDEL! PDF Author: JOHN MASTERS
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 298

Book Description

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