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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.
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`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`Richard Holmes's considerable talent as a military historian was to get inside the minds of soldiers . . . his empathy with the ordinary soldier is expressed brilliantly in his final book . . . SOLDIERS is a perfect book to mark the end of Holmes's distinguished career . . . a pleasure and an education to read'Financial Times`Full of integrity and common sense . . . the humour and the occasional admission of emotion in SOLDIERS make it abundantly clear that it was the British army that commanded [Holmes's] true affection'The Guardian`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`His lasting achievement as a military historian, as is evident in his final book, was to show that there was more to understanding soldiering than a knowledge of battles . . . This is a portrait of them in the round, a social history of their habits and totems and misbehaviour . . . a fitting monument to a renaissance man'Sunday Telegraph`Masterful . . . what this book does is bring from the shadows the man behind the uniform, both past and present . . . In this compassionate and masterful book, his work is done.'Evening Standard`It is a triumph ... Holmes's passion for soldiers and soldiering shines from every page' Daily Telegraph
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- PublisherHarperPress
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0007225709
- ISBN 13 9780007225705
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
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