John Verney

Going to the Wars

A Journey in Various Directions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A young British officer's wry and witty account of his time in Syria, Egypt, and Sardinia during WWII.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Paul Dry Books
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781589881310
• ISBN-10: 1589881311
• Artikelnr.: 50688468

Autorenporträt

John Verney (1913-1993) was a writer, painter, and illustrator. An assistant film director, officer in the North Somerset Yeomanry, and newlywed at the outbreak of war in 1939, he subsequently served in the Royal Armoured Corps and the fledgling Special Air Service. He fought in Syria, Egypt, Sardinia, and Italy. His other military adventures in Italy are told in his book A Dinner of Herbs, also published by Paul Dry Books.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: Prelude and Fugue
1. "We never smoke during battle"
2. Lucinda
Part Two: Amateur
3. Zion
4. Araby
5. "Our own choice yeomanry division"
6. "Thumbs up! Tiggerty-boo! Up the Bible class!"
7. "Let battle commence. . ."
Part Three: Regular
8. Desert and Delta
9. The back of the front
10. Beachscape
Part Four: Irregular
11. Let it be Sardinia
12. The Submarine
13. The Approach
14. The Attack
15. The March
16. The Enemy
17. Intermezzo
Part Five: Finale
18. The seventh square
19. The pattern completed