The Recollections Of Rifleman Bowlby
Published on 25. November 2021
240 pages
978-1-4746-2547-0 (ISBN)
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'One of the great Second World War memoirs ... will be read as long as that war is remembered' John Keegan
A classic military memoir
'Extraordinary realism' SUNDAY TIMES
'A touch of the Somme and more than a hint of Wilfred Owen' TLS
A classic of World War II, this is Alex Bowlby's account of life in a rifleman platoon which came through the North Africa campaign only to have to battle in bitter fighting against a stubborn and skilled German defence in Italy.
This true military classic is an authentic account description of what it was like to fight your way through one of the most gruelling and dangerous campaigns of the Second World War, where so often the hunters became the hunted.
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The Recollections Of Rifleman Bowlby
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11/2021
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Editor and author Alex Bowlby spent much of his early career serving in the British Armed Forces, first as a member of the Royal Greenjackets during the Second World War and then as a member of the 21st Special Air Service regiment. He later drew on his military experiences to write a number of books, including a memoir and a novel.
