A Soldier's View of Empire: The Reminiscences of James Bodell, 1831-92 By James Bodell and Keith Sinclair (Volume editor)
A Soldier's View of Empire: The Reminiscences of James Bodell, 1831-92 By James Bodell and Keith Sinclair (Volume editor)
Hardcover, fine condition, no inscriptions, minor marks, dust jacket, very good condition, price clipped, slight fading to spine, minor shelf/edge wear.
Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1982 ISBN 9780370302249
"James Bodell was born in 1831 near Nottingham, the son of poor parents. At sixteen he enlisted in the army and was sent first to Ireland, then slowly recovering from the potato famine, and then to Hong Kong, where most of the regiment died of malaria or other tropical diseases.
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