tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post8200001852980463824..comments2024-03-20T06:13:43.116+00:00Comments on Joy and Forgetfulness: French Infantry - 39eme LigneConrad Kinchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-3766888042163569072012-02-25T10:44:29.568+00:002012-02-25T10:44:29.568+00:00For tree haters...
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/serv...For tree haters...<br /><br />http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?an=marbot&bt.x=41&bt.y=12&sts=tBenjamin of Wighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03638987247523360801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-62752436536257010912012-02-25T01:41:48.826+00:002012-02-25T01:41:48.826+00:00I've heard of Burgoyne and I've read Delde...I've heard of Burgoyne and I've read Delderfeld. He's wonderfully unsentimental - a wonderful tonic to the emotional incontinence of the 21st century.Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-30869983815988426272012-02-25T01:37:01.313+00:002012-02-25T01:37:01.313+00:00My thanks Foy, I'm not one given much to the r...My thanks Foy, I'm not one given much to the reading of ebooks as I prefer the paper variety. Not so much because I like books, but because I hate trees.Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-26234117616506323702012-02-25T01:34:56.768+00:002012-02-25T01:34:56.768+00:00Marbot is seems to be a favourite. I actually have...Marbot is seems to be a favourite. I actually have a regiment of hussars of conflans in my French army as it stands. The Brigadier is inimitable.Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-50943723742607947652012-02-24T19:27:31.714+00:002012-02-24T19:27:31.714+00:00Not exactly memoirs, but a novel. Seven Men from G...Not exactly memoirs, but a novel. Seven Men from Gascony by Delderfield might be worth your attention. Not to mention Sir A C Doyle's Brigadier Gerard. <br /><br />For an infantryman's memoirs Sergeant Burgoyne's are set at the other end of Europe but worthwile and I suspect there are many more.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-10784013405151144982012-02-24T19:25:42.991+00:002012-02-24T19:25:42.991+00:00Mr Kinch - if you wish to befriend some suitable f...Mr Kinch - if you wish to befriend some suitable fantassins, I recommend Nicolas Marcel, captain of the voltigeur company of the 3rd (I think) battalion of the 69e Ligne, who were in the same division of VI Corps as the 39e in Spain. There is a moderate (but readable) translation which you can read/download at http://www.69eme.net/Marcel_Memoires.html<br /><br />A man not given to allowing his enemies any benefit of doubt!MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-78725883349187559002012-02-24T14:07:22.437+00:002012-02-24T14:07:22.437+00:00Marbot (aka Brigadier Gerard...) - even though he ...Marbot (aka Brigadier Gerard...) - even though he is a little, ahem, creative in some of his memoirs. Re-reading him at the moment, the Berezina debacle is currently in progress. His ADC remembrances in Spain are very interesting.<br /><br />If you're a techno whiz; kindle has the two volumes for a couple of pounds each (though the transcription has some minor annoying glitches).Benjamin of Wighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03638987247523360801noreply@blogger.com