Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors - Hardcover

Holmes, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0007225695 ISBN 13: 9780007225699

Publisher: HarperPress, 2011

Synopsis

The late Richard Holmes explores the British soldier in all guises, from the organization of the first regiments that would become the British Army in the 1660s to the forces in Afghanistan today.

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Review:

‘If any of his many works of military history should stand as a memorial to his work and achievement, this last most lively book might well be the most fitting’ The Times

‘A book of majestic, heart-rending humanity: a deeply affectionate portrait of British soldiers as they have existed for more than 350 years’ Daily Telegraph

‘Almost every page is adorned with a fascinating fact or amusing vignette . . . illuminating just how much, and how little, the Army has changed over the centuries. Holmes was a first-rate military historian and his passion for his subject shines through. “That article” [the British Tommy] could not hope for a finer champion.’ Mail on Sunday

‘Stirring and magnificent . . . covers every aspect of army life you can think of, and many you wouldn’t have’ Sunday Times

“Holmes’s thematic panorama glitters with fascinating detail” Independent

About the Author:

Richard Holmes was one of Britain’s most distinguished and eminent military historians and broadcasters. For many years Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University and the Royal Military College of Science, he also taught military history at Sandhurst. He was the author of many best-selling and widely acclaimed books including Redcoat, Tommy, Marlborough and Wellington, and famous for his BBC series such as War Walks, In the Footsteps of Churchill and Wellington. He served in the Territorial Army, retiring as a brigadier and Britain’s most senior reservist, and was Colonel of the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment from 1999 to 2007. Richard Holmes died suddenly in April 2011 from pneumonia. He had been suffering from non-Hodgkins’ Lymphoma.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperPress
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0007225695
• ISBN 13: 9780007225699
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 688