Adventures in the Rifle Brigade and Random Shots from a Rifleman

Kincaid, Sir John

ISBN 10: 0904002837 / ISBN 13: 9780904002836

Published by Richard Drew Publishing, United Kingdom, 1981

About this Item

hardback, octavo, a very good tightly bound copy in a mildly faded and edge-rubbed dust jacket. Signature of a previous owner on the front free endpaper, the body of text clean and unmarked, 302pp.

Seller Inventory # 297970

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adventures in the Rifle Brigade and Random Shots from a Rifleman
• Publisher: Richard Drew Publishing, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0904002837
• ISBN 13: 9780904002836
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Synopsis

To Napoleon's troops, the sharp shooters of the 95th (Rifle) Regiment were 'the rascals in green', famed throughout Europe for their bravery, skill, and dash. Kincaid's Adventures in the Rifle Brigade was the first book to be published by a veteran, recounting the amazing escapades of this legendary unit in the war against French armies in Portugal and Spain. His second volume, Random Shots From a Rifleman, is just as vivid and memorable as the first, and finishes with a remarkable first-hand description of the Waterloo campaign from the ordinary soldier's point of view. The two volumes, here bound together in abridged form, add up to one of the most enthralling eyewitness records of regimental soldiering ever written. Although other Rifles memoirs quickly followed, none achieved the commercial or critical success of Kincaid's collection of unforgettable anecdotes.