THE RECOLLECTIONS OF RIFLEMAN HARRIS

Harris, John. (Hibbert, Christopher. edited. )

ISBN 10: 0850520053 / ISBN 13: 9780850520057

Published by MBS / Leo Cooper Ltd., 1977

About this Item

Hardback; corners of boards dented, otherwise good in marked and creased dustjacket. ; First-hand account of John Harris' experiences as a rifleman in the 95th Rifles during the Peninsular War. ; 128 pages.

Seller Inventory # 59093

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE RECOLLECTIONS OF RIFLEMAN HARRIS
• Publisher: MBS / Leo Cooper Ltd.
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0850520053
• ISBN 13: 9780850520057
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair

About this title

Synopsis

Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Jacket is tanned at spine and lightly worn at edges. Light tanning of endpapers and slight sunning of board spine. Contents clean and spine tight. AD

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.