Hawk by Bryan Perrett (9 results)

Reminiscences of General Sir Thomas Brotherton, CB. Inscribed 'with best wishes, Bryan Perrett' on front page. Text supported by wonderful black and white images and photos.

(Subject: Political & Biographies - General) The reminiscences of General Sir Thomas Brotherton whilst a Captain in the 14th Light Dragoons in the Peninsular War. The battles he took part included Fuentes d'Orno, Salamanca and Vitoria. He was captured in 1813 near Bayonne during the invasion of France by Wellington's Army (Published: 1986) (Publisher: Picton Publishing Ltd.) (ISBN: 0948251220) (Pagination: 84pp, 13 ills) (Condition: Unread but light dustspots on top edge) UL-XXXXXX.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st ed. 84p. Photos. Illustrations. Price clipped. Fine/Fine copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hardback; foxing to edge of pages, otherwise good in yellowed, faded and creased dustjacket. ; Brotherton served with the 14th Light Dragoons in the Peninsular. Illustrated. ; 84 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A nice clean copy in a lightly rubbed dust jacket.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Captain Thomas Brotherton of the 14th Light Dragoons, better known as The Hawks because of the Prussian Eagle badge conferred on them by the Duchess of York in 1798. B/w illustrations. Lower corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A HAWK AT WAR The Peninsular War Reminiscences of General Sir Thomas Brotherton, CB Bryan Perrett (Editor) Picton Publishing, Chippenham. 1986 First edition. 0948251220 84pp Illustrated Hardback. When Captain Thomas Brotherton joined the 14th Light Dragoons, better known as the Hawks because of the Prussian Eagle badge conferred on them by the Duchess of York in 1798, he was at 22 already a veteran with a fierce baptism of fire and two campaigns behind him. He was fully conversant with the details of his profession, a good horseman and a skilled swordsman. his brother officers found him a most amiable member of the mess with a fund of amusing stories, many of which were directed against himself, and the ability to enliven a dull moment with a tune on his fiddle. his reminiscences were not set down until much later in his life. They are not a complete record, nor was it ever intended that they should be, but it seems probable that Conan Doyle knew of them since many of Brotherton's adventures bear a striking resemblance to those of the famous Brigadier Gerard. Brotherton's anecdotes are the authentic voice of the Peninsula and through them we understand a little better the nature of the light cavalryman's war. Ref D3.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illus. with b.w. reproductions. 8vo. orig. cl. d/w. v.g.

Pp. 84, text illustrations; small demy 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly browned, foxed on reverse; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, upper endpapers lightly offset; The Regimental Association 14th/20th King's Hussars, Chippenham, Wilts., 1986. *First published by Picton Publishing (Chippenham) Ltd., 1986.