The Irish Guards in the Great War - The First Battalion

Rudyard Kipling

ISBN 10: 1873376723 / ISBN 13: 9781873376720

Published by Spellmount, Staplehurst, 1997

About this Item

||| Reprint edition, first printing, quarto-size 320 pages, appendices, index, full-page half-tone pictures, maps with spot colour; green and half-tone dust-jacket. Kipling spent two years of his life on this work, in honour of his son who died serving with the battalion. ||| CONDITION: Very Good, without writing or other marks of previous ownership: unclipped dust-jacket, faded to turquoise at the spine. My pictures always show the actual book ||| SHIPPING: UK Second-Class postage is free Heavy item - shipment outside the UK will require extra charges.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Irish Guards in the Great War - The First Battalion
• Publisher: Spellmount, Staplehurst
• Publication Date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1873376723
• ISBN 13: 9781873376720
• Binding: Hardback

About this title

Synopsis

A regimental history and official account of the Irish Guards in the First World War, written by Rudyard Kipling in honour of his son, John, who served in the Irish Guards and was killed in his first action at the battle of Loos.This book also contains a listing of the battle rolls of honour and casualty lists of all officers and men who served with the First and Second Battalion.

About the Author

Rudyard Kipling was born in 1865 in Bombay. After his schooling he returned to India in 1882 where he spent seven years as a journalist and became well known for his light satirical verse. Returning to London in 1889 he soon gained an international reputation, and in 1907 won the Nobel Prize for literature. Among his most famous works are the Just So Stories and the two Jungle Books.