| Title:
Fourteen
Eighteen by John Masters |
|
Description:
Fourteen
Eighteen by John Masters focuses on six aspects of the
First World War which includes, The Battles of Mons and
Le Cateau; Coronel and the Falklands Islands; The War
in the Air; Passchendaele; The Zeebrugge Raid and Armageddon,
the Final Campaign in Palestine. The book is accompanied
by many photographs, which are as important as the text
in this book.
|
| Author:
John
Masters was born in Calcutta, India in 1914. After being
educated in England, he returned to India in 1934 as a member
of the Prince of Wales’s Own Gurkha Rifles, which then
served on the North-West Frontier. He was the fifth generation
of his family to serve in India. He saw active service in
Waziristan, Iraq, Syria and Persia during the Second World
War. In 1944 he joined General Wingate’s Chindits in
Burma. He fought at Singu Bridgehead, the capture of Mandalay,
and at Toungoo, and on the Mawchi Road. He retired from
the army in 1948 as a Lieutenant-Colonel. He then took up
writing. His other books include The Deceivers, The Lotus
and the Wind, Bhowani Junction (made into a film), The Road
Past Mandalay and various others. |
| Binding:
Softcover. |
| Date
Published: First
published 1965. |
Edition:
This
edition1970. |
| Jacket
Condition: Reasonable
condition has some slight wear. |
| Book
Condition:
Good condition, containing 176 pages with a large quantity
of photographs. Has previous owners name on inside cover. |
| Publisher:Corgi
Books, London. |
| ISBN:
:No isbn but no.552 98558 9. |
| Size
& Weight: 27.2
cm x 20.5 cm (H x W). 1.7 cm thick. |
