Buy this book on-line VENNING, ANNABEL: : FOLLOWING THE DRUM: The Lives of Army Wives and Daughters Past and PresentLONDON.HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING PLC,2005. ISBN 0755312589.
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Spanning four centuries,from the 1660's to the present day (then 2005),'Following the Drum' tells the stories of the wives, daughters and mistresses of the British Army who followed their military menfolk to some of the most treacherous places in the world.The backdrops to their stories constitute some of the set pieces in British history,such as the battles of Blenheim,Waterloo,Balaklava and Mafeking.
Drawing on memoirs,correspondence and interviews Annabel Venning paints a vivid portrait of the extraordinary lives of women whose courage,resilience and resourcefulness have often been overlooked.She tells of women taken captive,or forced to become fugitives in enemy territory; of women who endured long marches and harsh sieges; women who chose to follow their men on to the battlefield itself; of women who had to give birth to the sound of cannon fire and then march
on minutes later; women who found themselves widowed and alone in a strange land;and of women who struggled to keep themselves and their families alive as the world they knew disintegrated around them.
As well as the action and drama,blood and battles,'Following the Drum' also looks at the trials and tribulations of day-to-day life in barracks:the problems of doing the laundry in the Crimea or finding food for a baby in riot-torn post-war India.There are tales of balls,moonlit picnics and illicit affairs,of pompous commanders, hostile natives and devoted servants,but most of all there are the personal tragedies,hopes and ambitions of these unsung heroines.
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj - detail from painting 'Eastward Ho!' by Henry Nelson O'Neil (1857) - with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - a tiny, tiny nick/closed tear to foot of spine/ backstrip - else fine.Minimally bumped to head of spine/backstrip with reciprocal creasing.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's bright,clean,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean,plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,x-xiipp+2- 372pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,an introduction,13 chapters+postscript & endnotes, 16pp contemporary b/w+colour illus etc.,in 2 separate 8pp blocks - all b/w or colour in each block - between pp116/7 and pp244/5 respectively,a bibliography,picture credits and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and contents list/table.
Spanning four centuries,from the 1660's to the present day (then 2005), 'Following the Drum' tells the stories of the wives, daughters and mistresses of the British Army who followed their military menfolk to some of the most treacherous places in the world.The backdrops to their stories constitute some of the set pieces in British history,such as the battles of Blenheim,Waterloo,Balaklava and Mafeking.
Drawing on memoirs,correspondence and interviews Annabel Venning paints a vivid portrait of the extraordinary lives of women whose courage,resilience and resourcefulness have often been overlooked.She tells of women taken captive,or forced to become fugitives in enemy territory; of women who endured long marches and harsh sieges; women who chose to follow their men on to the battlefield itself; of women who had to give birth to the sound of cannon fire and then march on minutes later; women who found themselves widowed and alone in a strange land; and of women who struggled to keep themselves and their families alive as the world they knew disintegrated around them.
As well as the action and drama,blood and battles, 'Following the Drum' also looks at the trials and tribulations of day-to-day life in barracks: the problems of doing the laundry in the Crimea or finding food for a baby in riot-torn post-war India.There are tales of balls, moonlit picnics and illicit affairs,of pompous commanders,hostile natives and devoted servants, but most of all there are the personal tragedies,hopes and ambitions of these unsung heroines.
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