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Bugles and a Tiger: My Life in the Gurkhas (Cassell Military Paperbacks) Book
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Foyles
The first of John Masters evocative memoirs about life in the Gurkhas in India on the cusp of WWII
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Product Description
John Masters was a soldier before he became a novelist. Born in India, he was sent to England to complete his education before attending Sandhurst. It was there the rumour began about his ancestry, that (in the language of the time) he 'had a touch of the tarbrush'. This encounter with racist bigotry would be turned to good effect in his most famous novel, BHOWANI JUNCTION (later filmed with Stewart Granger and Ava Gardner). At Sandhurst it just made him more determined to succeed. John Masters joined a Gurhka regiment on receiving his commission, and his depiction of garrison life and campaigning on the North-West Frontier has never been surpassed.
- 0304361569
- 9780304361564
- John Masters
- 13 June 2002
- Phoenix
- Paperback (Book)
- 320
- New edition
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