The Adventures Of Colonel Daffodil: Balkan Beginnings, Memorable Travels And Forgotten Conflicts
by Roy Redgrave /
2007 / English / EPUB
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Major General Sir Roy Redgrave has enjoyed an unusual, some might
say eccentric, life. Born into the same family as the well known
actors, he was brought up in Romania as part of a thriving
international community before he joined the British Army and
advanced to high rank. Following on from the success of his memoir
Balkan Blue the author has pulled together a superb pot pourri of
anecdotes covering his family, his military career and
post-retirement travels and experiences. Readers will delight in
the scope of this book which ranges widely from aristocratic life
in feudal Romania to the dangers an intrigue of the Cold War; from
the charm of French rural life to Franz Josef Land and encounters
with polar bears, walruses and seals. We travel with this intrepid
man from Kathmandu to Lhasa where he lived with impoverished
Tibetans whose generosity and friendliness made the discomfort of
primitive living at such altitudes disappear.These and other
extraordinary experiences made this a fascinating read.
Major General Sir Roy Redgrave has enjoyed an unusual, some might
say eccentric, life. Born into the same family as the well known
actors, he was brought up in Romania as part of a thriving
international community before he joined the British Army and
advanced to high rank. Following on from the success of his memoir
Balkan Blue the author has pulled together a superb pot pourri of
anecdotes covering his family, his military career and
post-retirement travels and experiences. Readers will delight in
the scope of this book which ranges widely from aristocratic life
in feudal Romania to the dangers an intrigue of the Cold War; from
the charm of French rural life to Franz Josef Land and encounters
with polar bears, walruses and seals. We travel with this intrepid
man from Kathmandu to Lhasa where he lived with impoverished
Tibetans whose generosity and friendliness made the discomfort of
primitive living at such altitudes disappear.These and other
extraordinary experiences made this a fascinating read.