The Irish Guards in the Great War - volume 2 - The Second Battalion by Rudyard Kipling

The Irish Guards in the Great War - volume 2 - The Second Battalion by Rudyard Kipling

This is the forgotten masterpiece of Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. It is the result of five and a half years' detailed research. It was out of print for many years. This will be my great work . . . It is done with agony and bloody sweat. First published in 1923, Kipling's little-known masterpiece is an utterly individual contribution to the art of regimental history. In August 1914 Kipling's son John, not yet 17, volunteered for a commission in the army, but being underage and with poor sight, was initially refused. His father's friendship with Lord Roberts was used to gain him a commission in the Irish Guards. John Kipling's battalion, the 2nd, was at once deployed in the costly battle of Loos, where he was among the earliest casualties. Kipling was devastated, and set about writing a regimental history as a monument to his son's service. The result of five years of laborious research, it is both a military and a literary masterpiece. Kipling employed his exceptional descriptive powers, his empathy with fighting men, and his habitual passion for detail to wonderful effect. Long out of print, the two volumes of The Irish Guards in the Great War, of which this is volume two, are republished in lavish, illustrated editions complete with the original maps and appendices.

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ISBN 13	9781846771361
ISBN 10	1846771366
Title	The Irish Guards in the Great War - volume 2 - The Second Battalion
Author	Rudyard Kipling
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Leonaur Ltd
Year published	2007-01-22
Number of pages	288
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