The Image of War: A Sporting Autobiography (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1330639529 ISBN 13: 9781330639528

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Image of War: A Sporting Autobiography

To these two subjects alone the following pages relate, with the exception of the first chapter and the last, which describe certain experiences in what is commonly called the supernatural: whether accur ately so styled the reader can decide for himself.

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Excerpt from The Image of War: A Sporting Autobiography

The question - "Why not write your autobiography?" - that was put to me not long ago, is one calculated to give any of us a shock, reminding us, as it does, that we have reached the age when life lies not so much before us as behind us. Yet, though I am old enough to have seen, if not to remember, the army that was on its way to win Solferino; and to recollect distinctly the sight of the wounded who had been brought back from the earthworks of Düppel; to have dined with people so well known in the remote past as Taglioni and Jenny Lind, Mr Roebuck and General Türr; and even to have met, as a boy does. Marshal Prim and Cavour, John Delane, and "the Old Shekarry," I cannot feel that I have yet attained my anecdotage.

Nevertheless, it occurred to me that, like WhyteMelville, "the best of my fun, I owe it to horse and to hound;" and that I am scarcely likely to add much more to my experience with these or with the rifle. So that a book containing the most notable of my sporting memories might be allowable - and final. As such I offer - it to the reader.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330639529
• ISBN 13: 9781330639528
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 436