The Recollections of Rifleman Harris - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0304367370 ISBN 13: 9780304367375

Publisher: UNKNO, 2007

Synopsis

One of the most popular military books of all time receives a well-deserved new edition for readers young and old. The hero is an ordinary shepherd, a teenager from a small village, who joined the British army in 1802 and fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Rifleman Harris was a natural storyteller with a remarkable tale, and his harrowing escapes from capture and death are all told in this unique view of a soldier’s life.

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About the Author

BENJAMIN HARRIS was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the 95th Rifles. He told his story to Henry Curling, an officer on the half-pay of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, who came across him long after the war was over when Harris, discharged through ill health in 1814, was working as a cobbler in Soho. CHRISTOPHER HIBBERT served as an infantry officer during the war, was twice wounded and was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Hon. D. Litt of Leicester University.

Edition details

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0304367370
• ISBN 13: 9780304367375
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Hibbert Christopher