The Perilous Road to Rome & Beyond - The Memoirs of a Gordon Highlander

Edward Grace MC

ISBN 10: 1844155609 / ISBN 13: 9781844155606

Published by Pen & Sword Military, UK, 2007

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This Book, " The Perilous Road to Rome and Beyond - The Memoirs of a Gordon Highlander " has boards that are square and tight, the text block is clean and bright and Illustrated with B/W photos, the dust jacket is clean with no marks or tears. Book price includes Tracked 48 postage in UK only.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Perilous Road to Rome & Beyond - The Memoirs of a Gordon Highlander
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military, UK
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844155609
• ISBN 13: 9781844155606
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The author fought with the 6th Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders during the campaigns of 1st Army in Tunisia and in Italy thereafter. As a young platoon commander he and his men were in the thick of the fighting. Wounded during the desperate action at Anzio, he wrote notes of all that had happened in exact detail and the result is a memoir both fresh and authentic.

This is one of the most gripping memoirs we have published, on a par with Geoffrey Powell’s Men At Arnhem.

The author also describes the actions of other regiments, particularly the Guards Brigade at Anzio, and US units, alongside whom he fought.
In the closing stages of the book he shares his post-conflict experiences and convalescence with the reader in a moving way.