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Ward, Marjorie. THE BLESSED TRADE.
Michael Joseph, London, (1971), Ist edition.
300 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w drawings, map endpapers. "This is the story of the British soldier in the age of fighting as a profession, from Anglo-Saxon times to the French Revolution. It is not the history of campaigns and regimen ts but of the men who went to war: their story told in their own words...an enthralling collection of original narratives written by men like the poet at the Battle of Maldon in 991, the chroniclers of the Crusades, the splendid Corporal Tod d - a n d by Kit Ross, surely the most remarkable woman ever to have worn the King's Coat. The story these people tell is a harsh one: marching, deserting, punishment, hunger, looting and just enduring the squalor and danger of campaigning. The re ar e , th ou g h, glorious moments, when the horrors of war are redeemed by fortitude and self-sacrifice, and by what has been the chief mark of the 'Tommy' for a thousand years: a wry and tough sense of humour." Previous owners bookplate on ve rso of fr ee fr ont e ndpaper. Dust jacket is price-clipped, has very light edge wrinkling and rubbing. VG+/VG
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20.00 USD
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