In this, the final volume of the memoirs of Jasper Speedicut, the old soldier and courtier is deeply--and often hilariously--involved in the 1900 siege of the Peking legations, the death and funeral of Queen Victoria, the final days of Oscar Wilde, the removal to safety of the personal correspondence of the Dowager Empress of Germany, the sinking of RMS Titanic, the start of the First World War, and the fates of Mata Hari and Edith Cavell. The Speedicut Papers Book 9 (1900-1915): Boxing Icebergs also solves the mystery of the manacled skeleton found on a building site in Leicestershire,...
In this, the final volume of the memoirs of Jasper Speedicut, the old soldier and courtier is deeply--and often hilariously--involved in the 1900 s...
Christopher Joll Anthony Weldon Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie of Craigi
In this highly entertaining and informative book, Christopher Joll and Anthony Weldon have captured the careers, accomplishments, follies and the occasional crimes of over three hundred of the officers and men who have served in the seven Regiments (two Household Cavalry and five Foot Guards) of the sovereign's personal troops. The pages of The DRUM HORSE IN THE FOUNTAIN will reveal a whole parade of remarkable and unusual characters... In the world of the arts - theatre, film, music, and writing - and sport there are many notable, and some surprising, Guardsmen including * two...
In this highly entertaining and informative book, Christopher Joll and Anthony Weldon have captured the careers, accomplishments, follies and the occa...
