Download or read book Soldier of the Queen written by Bernard O'Mahoney and published by Brandon Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To date almost all accounts of army life in Northern Ireland have been written by members of elite or specialist units. A Soldier of the Queen tells a fresh, if disturbing, story from the point of view fo the average British squaddie of what it was like to serve on the ground in Northern Ireland at the height of the Dirty War. It is a book which will shock readers who are used to the sanitised accounts of heroics performed by disciplined and decent soldiers caught reluctantly in the middle of a baffling tribal conflict.
Download or read book Soldiers of the Queen written by Harold Avery and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Queen s Shilling A Soldier s Story written by Arthur Griffiths and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Soldiers of the Queen Esprios Classics written by Harold Avery and published by . This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harold Avery (1867-1943) was an English author of children's literature. Charles Harold Avery was born on 13 April 1867 in Headless Cross/Feckenham near Redditch, Worcestershire, England. He was the son of William Avery (1832-1899), a needle manufacturer from Headless Cross/Redditch. His father was the owner of the W. Avery and Son company which made needles, pins and needle cases during the second half of the nineteenth century. His mother was Marie Proctor Dingley (1832-1895), originally of Sherbourne, Dorset. Charles had one sibling, an older brother named Benjamin Ricardo Avery (1862-1947).
Download or read book Soldiers of the Queen written by Avery Harold and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Cinder written by Marissa Meyer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Levana is a ruler who uses her 'glamour' to gain power. but long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story - a story that has never been told ... until now.
Download or read book Soldiers of the Queen Classic Reprint written by Harold Avery and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Soldiers of the Queen "They shouldered arms, and looked straight before them, and wore a splendid uniform, red and blue." - The Brave Tin Soldier. The battle was nearly over. Gallant tin soldiers of the line lay where they had fallen; nearly the whole of a shilling box of light cavalry had paid the penalty of rashly exposing themselves in a compact body to the enemy's fire; while a rickety little field-gun, with bright red wheels, lay overturned on two infantry men, who, even in death, held their muskets firmly to their shoulders, like the grim old "die-hards" that they were. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Soldiers Of The Queen written by Max Hennessy and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-05-19 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charting the heroism of a young and talented cavalry officer, Colby Goff, this story takes the reader from Balaclava to the Zulu War. Colby progresses from a raw, wilful soldier to a laudable officer, engaging in the Franco-Prussian and American civil wars and proving himself to be a man of passion and of steel.
Download or read book The Queen s Army written by Marissa Meyer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is time. The boy must leave his family to serve in the Queen’s army. To be chosen is an honor. To decline is impossible. The boy is modified. He is trained for several years, and learns to fight to the death. He proves to the Queen -- and to himself -- that he is capable of evil. He is just the kind of soldier the Queen wants: the alpha of his pack. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Sand Queen written by Helen Benedict and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel of female friendship in the midst of war is “The Things They Carried for women in Iraq” (The Boston Globe). Nineteen-year-old Kate Brady joined the army to bring honor to her family and to the Middle East. Instead, she finds herself in a forgotten corner of the Iraq desert in 2003, guarding a makeshift American prison. There, Kate meets Naema Jassim, an Iraqi medical student whose father and little brother have been detained in the camp. Kate and Naema promise to help each other, but the war soon strains their intentions. Like any soldier, Kate must face the daily threats of combat duty, but as a woman, she is in equal danger from the predatory men in her unit. Naema suffers bombs, starvation, and the loss of her home and family. As the two women struggle to survive and hold on to the people they love, each comes to have a drastic and unforeseeable effect on the other’s life. From the author of Wolf Season and The Lonely Soldier, and informed by numerous interviews with those who were there, Sand Queen is a “heartbreaking, vivid story of the particular difficulties of being not just a soldier, but a female soldier” (Bustle).
Download or read book Soldiers of the Queen written by Stephen Manning and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It may come as some surprise that in such a popular area of military history there is no book that focuses on the experience of the Victorian soldier - from recruitment to embarkation, fighting and perhaps returning, perhaps dying - in his own words. Dr Manning's meticulous research in primary sources gives the lie to the received image of the disciplined, redcoated campaigner of Victorian art and literature: for one thing, by the time he arrived at his destination, the coat would have been in rags. The distances covered on march were unbelievable, through desert and disease-ravaged swamp. Lavishly illustrated thoughout, all the major Colonial campaigns and most of the minor ones are featured. To understand how what was in reality a tiny standing army controlled the largest empire the world has ever seen, this book is a must.
Download or read book Soldier of the Queen written by Max Hennessy and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume in an epic trilogy spanning four generations of a great soldiering family from the author of Blunted Lance and The Iron Stallions. Colby Goff had been born to the cavalry—it was in his blood and in his bones. He would live, fight, love, and die as a soldier whose first allegiance was to his regiment. He was eighteen the first time he faced death. That was in 1854—at Balaclava—at what would be called the Charge of the Light Brigade. It was on that day that Colby became a man. His love of adventure would take him from the Crimea to the Zulu Wars, from the War between the States to the bloody days of the Paris Commune, proving himself throughout as one of the finest soldiers of his time. An absolutely electrifying thriller of war, combat and loyalty, perfect for fans of Adrian Goldsworthy, Paul Fraser Collard, and Allan Mallinson.
Download or read book Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen written by Sarah Bird and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You'll be swept away by the passion and power of this remarkable, trailblazing woman who risked everything to follow her own heart." – Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author "An epic page-turner." – Christina Baker Kline Named Best Fiction Writer in the Austin Chronicle's "Austin's Best 2018" Named one of Lone Star Literary Life's "Top 20 Texas Books of 2018" The compelling, hidden story of Cathy Williams, a former slave and the only woman to ever serve with the legendary Buffalo Soldiers. “Here’s the first thing you need to know about Miss Cathy Williams: I am the daughter of a daughter of a queen and my mama never let me forget it.” Though born into bondage on a “miserable tobacco farm” in Little Dixie, Missouri, Cathy Williams was never allowed to consider herself a slave. According to her mother, she was a captive, destined by her noble warrior blood to escape the enemy. Her chance at freedom presents itself with the arrival of Union general Phillip Henry “Smash ‘em Up” Sheridan, the outcast of West Point who takes the rawboned, prideful young woman into service. At war’s end, having tasted freedom, Cathy refuses to return to servitude and makes the monumental decision to disguise herself as a man and join the Army’s legendary Buffalo Soldiers. Alone now in the ultimate man’s world, Cathy must fight not only for her survival and freedom, but she also vows to never give up on finding her mother, her little sister, and the love of the only man strong enough to win her heart. Inspired by the stunning, true story of Private Williams, this American heroine comes to vivid life in a sweeping and magnificent tale about one woman’s fight for freedom, respect and independence.
Download or read book Soldier of the Queen written by Griff Hosker and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Boy Soldier for the Queen written by Clive Fletcher and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-09-25 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A BOY SOLDIER FOR THE QUEENThis book tells the real story of one boy's experience of growing up in the 1950's in the United Kingdom and overseas as a 'service brat' and then fulfilling an ambition, joining the boy service of the British Army straight from school at the age of fifteen in 1958.He signed-up for the Junior Leaders' Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, at Denbury Camp near Newton Abbott Devon at a time when military discipline was still pretty tough. In the Junior Leader's he would start his training to operate the British Army's long-range high-speed radio and teleprinter equipment. His story also reveals the wonderful comradeship and humour that is still so unique to service life.How his early technical and leadership trading in boy service equipped him for the rigours and challenges to come in both military and civilian life.
Download or read book Sahib The British Soldier in India 1750 1914 written by Richard Holmes and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sahib is a magnificent history of the British soldier in India from Clive to the end of Empire, making full use of personal accounts from the soldiers who served in the jewel in Britain’s Imperial Crown.
Download or read book Not for Queen and Country written by Edward Denmark and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-12 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Army cadets on Merseyside to action in the Falklands and Northern Ireland Edward Denmark joined the British army for adventure, and to serve Queen and country. However, as he prepared to go ashore in the frozen, windswept Falkland Islands 8000 miles from Britain, facing a well dug in, larger enemy force, he understood at that moment that this was not for Queen and Country. He was now fighting for his own life, and the chance to see the sunrise once more. Follow this young soldier as he endures the bitter cold and constant air attack by a very determined Argentine enemy in the Falklands war, to patrolling the brutally violent streets of Northern Ireland, where tragedy came from nowhere. If you have ever wondered what our soldiers face in war and how they keep going under the most arduous and desperate conditions, then this book will tell you.
