Recollections of Rifleman Harris

by Benjamin Randell Harris

Overview

Recollections of Rifleman Harris is the story of Benjamin Randell Harris, a British soldier who fought in the 95th Regiment of Foot during the Napoleonic Wars.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534643727
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/12/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Harris was a was born in Dorset, and was drafted into the army at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Almost certainly illiterate, he told his story to an officer in the Light Infantry, who came across Harris long after the war was over, when Harris, discharged through ill health, was working as a cobbler in Soho.

Christopher Hibbert, who edited and introduces the book, served as an officer during the war and was awarded the MC. He is the author of several acclaimed books of military history and won the Heinemann Award for Literature.

Editorial Reviews

A most vivid record of the war in Spain and Portugal against Napoleon—MAIL ON SUNDAY

Describing narrow squeaks and terrible deprivations, Harris's unflowery account of fortitude and resilience in Spain still bristles with a freshness and an invigorating spikiness—SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

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