Sergeant Lamb Of The Ninth
Author: Graves, Robert
ISBN: 9780141197685
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 18 May 2012
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
GravesP#39;s fictionalized memoir of war and revolution, new to Penguin Modern Classics
Robert Graves first came across the name of Roger Lamb in 1914, when Graves was an English officer instructing his platoon in regimental history. Lamb was a British soldier who had served his king during the American War of Independence, and whose claim to a footnote in history is that he managed to escape twice from American prison camps. When Graves went to America in the 1930s, he remembered Sergeant Lamb, investigated his story and created this fictionalized memoir telling LambP#39;s story from his Irish childhood to war and revolution, weaving a mesmerizing tale of courage and adventure.
ISBN: 9780141197685
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 18 May 2012
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
GravesP#39;s fictionalized memoir of war and revolution, new to Penguin Modern Classics
Robert Graves first came across the name of Roger Lamb in 1914, when Graves was an English officer instructing his platoon in regimental history. Lamb was a British soldier who had served his king during the American War of Independence, and whose claim to a footnote in history is that he managed to escape twice from American prison camps. When Graves went to America in the 1930s, he remembered Sergeant Lamb, investigated his story and created this fictionalized memoir telling LambP#39;s story from his Irish childhood to war and revolution, weaving a mesmerizing tale of courage and adventure.
