A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY

A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
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Title: A FIELD MARSHAL IN THE FAMILY
Author(s): MONTGOMERY, Brian
ISBN: 0094595607
Category: Biographies
New / Used: Used
Book Type: Small Softcover with Dust Jacket
Published: 1973
Published By: Contstable
Pages: 371

Condition

Excellent original condition, light wear and fading on dust jacket, pages as new, name inside cover. Images depict all need to know detail.

About

Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein has attracted the attention of countless historians over the last 70 years but, despite this coverage, views of his character remain controversial and contradictory. His younger brother Brian, himself a successful soldier, enters the fray with this charming and revealing book examining the background of this legendary military commander. He provides a fascinating account of the influences of Monty's family genes together with a wealth of unknown details about his career.

His grandfather, Sir Robert Montgomery, played a key role in crushing the Indian Mutiny and his adventures have intriguing parallels with those of Monty's two generations later. Dean Farrar, his maternal grandfather, was a powerful Victorian educational and religious figure (Headmaster of Marlborough College and Dean of Canterbury) and author of the iconic Eric, or Little by Little.

The author examines in the most entertaining and frank manner Monty's idiosyncratic character traits; his opposition to tradition, his Nelsonian approach to rules and regulations, his ruthlessness and determination and his unfashionable views on the absolute necessity for self publicity - and the most intensive training to get the maximum from his subordinates, down to the most junior levels.

Illustrated throughout with b&w images.

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