Part 18
“Will be read with eager interest. The story of his imprisonment and the efforts which he put forth to obtain his liberty is full of interest.”--_Scotsman._
“It is impossible to read his diary without liking a man who made so light of trouble, and who bore himself so gallantly in captivity.”--_Standard._
“The cheerfulness with which he writes throughout is singularly refreshing.”--_Academy._
“‘A Prisoner of France’ should be in the hands of all young soldiers, for it is a manual of soldierly kindness and fine humanity.”--_Vanity Fair._
“When we perceive the surpassing interest of the story, and the valuable biographical material the book contains, a great wonder arises that such a work should have been withheld from the public for so many years.”--_Birmingham Gazette._
“The book is one of the most interesting autobiographies that have recently appeared, and the narrative has been ably edited.”--_Westminster Gazette._
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A BRITISH RIFLE MAN
THE JOURNALS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF MAJOR GEORGE SIMMONS, RIFLE BRIGADE, DURING THE PENINSULAR WAR AND THE CAMPAIGN OF WATERLOO.
PRESS OPINIONS.
“Altogether this is a most attractive book, bringing back vividly to the memory one of the most brilliant periods of English military history, and giving a pleasant, because unintentional, picture of a gallant soldier and gentleman.”--_The Standard._
“It will be long invaluable as a record of the heroism, the occasional, though exceptional, excesses, and the wondrous endurance of the British soldier.”--_Daily Chronicle._
“This book is certainly one that all riflemen will value, and which all who are interested in the Peninsular War will enjoy.... The author belonged to a regiment that saw more fighting than any other in the Peninsula, and certainly Major Simmons was a remarkable man.”--_The Army and Navy Gazette._
“The journals and letters which make up this volume are welcome as contributing contemporary records made by an observant man taking part in world-moulding struggles.”--_Glasgow Herald._
“It is a far cry now to the Peninsular War, and yet seldom have we read a more realistic picture of certain phases of that historic struggle.”--_Speaker._
“It is difficult to conceive any officer other than a staff officer who was likely to have seen more of the fighting in Spain, Portugal, and Southern France than an officer of the old 95th, the nucleus of the famous ‘Light Division,’ so long and so well commanded by Craufurd.”--_Pall Mall Gazette._
“A very strikingly human document.”--_Academy._
“A book which should be in the library of every soldier, but which is, at the same time, of extreme interest to the civilian. Duty rings through the pages of what is from first to last a noble and inspiring book, the record of a noble character.”--_Daily Mail._
A. & C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON.
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