The Recollections of Rifleman Harris
$45.50
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
29 November 2022
Summary
‘Describing narrow squeaks and terrible deprivations, Harris’s unflowery account of fortitude and resilience in Spain still bristles with a freshness and an invigorating spikiness’ SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
‘A most vivid record of the war in Spain and Portugal against Napoleon’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
Benjamin Harris was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the dashing 95th Rifles. His battalion was ordered to Portugal, wh…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474626316 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1474626319 |
| Author: | Benjamin Randell Harris |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 29 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 140g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 18mm |
| Series: | MILITARY MEMOIRS |
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A most vivid record of the war in Spain and Portugal against Napoleon * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
Describing narrow squeaks and terrible deprivations, Harris’s unflowery account of fortitude and resilience in Spain still bristles with a freshness and an invigorating spikiness * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY *
About The Author
Benjamin Randell Harris
Harris was born in Dorset and was drafted into the army at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Almost certainly illiterate, he told his story to an officer in the Light Infantry, who came across Harris long after the war was over, when Harris, discharged through ill health, was working as a cobbler in Soho.
Christopher Hibbert, who edited and introduces the book, served as an officer during the war and was awarded the MC. He is the author of several acclaimed books of military history and won the Heinemann Award for Literature.
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