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A Very Unimportant Officer
Captain Alexander Stewart
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Description for A Very Unimportant Officer
Paperback. The extraordinary letters and diaries of Captain Alexander Stewart, who served during the First World War - a vivid and moving picture of trench warfare. Num Pages: 336 pages, B & W throughout. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BGHA; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
Rediscovered after 80 years gathering dust on a family bookshelf and first brought to public attention on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, A VERY UNIMPORTANT OFFICER is a detailed and intimate account of the experience of Captain Stewart, an ordinary officer in the front line in France and Flanders throughout 1916 and 1917.
Recruited to The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1915 at the age of 33, Captain Stewart went 'over the top' many times, outliving 'so many better men', as he says with typical humility.
Through his vivid testimony we learn of the mud ('more like thick slime'), ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
252g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340977125
SKU
V9780340977125
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Captain Alexander Stewart
Cameron Stewart is Captain Alexander Stewart's grandson. An actor who has worked extensively in UK television and theatre, he can frequently be heard on BBC Radio 4 and the World Service.
Reviews for A Very Unimportant Officer
The immediacy, candour and sheer literary merit of his journals make this an important new source for the Great War . . . a very remarkable man.
Evening Standard
something unusual and fresh on the subject of the Great War . . . edited sympathetically and unobtrusively by his grandson.
The Times
A vivid account of ... Read more
Evening Standard
something unusual and fresh on the subject of the Great War . . . edited sympathetically and unobtrusively by his grandson.
The Times
A vivid account of ... Read more