Episode 72, Reminiscences of Captain Gronow, Part 2

In this episode the Captain moves on from the battlefield of Waterloo on to teel us some anecdotes from regency London. Parties, people and corruption!

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Episode 71 , Reminiscences of Captain Gronow, Part 1

Today I launch a new book on this blog. It's one I enjoyed immensely, a combination of military memoir and a rare insight into the society of the day. Here's the official blurb for the book.

"A collection of memoirs about the Peninsular War, the Battle of Waterloo, and society and personalities of Regency London and 19th century Paris, by a sometime Grenadier Guards officer, unsuccessful parliamentarian, and dandy. Gronow displays social attitudes of the day which would now be regarded as unacceptable, but is a clever raconteur who brings to life both the horrors of war and the gaiety of high society."

So here we go with the first part simply titled "The Penninsular War".

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Episode 070, Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865, Part 12

This is the final part of the current book. Sadly I am still no where near the end of the book I'm currently recording, so I'll have to start another book read by someone else next week. It will of course be a book that features someone telling their own story.


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Episode 069, Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865, Part 11

Apologies for the delay, I've been ill with the neasty bug thats been going round of late making everyone miserable!

This chapter is called "Camp fires of the boys in grey". A few tall stories...

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Episode 068, Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865, Part 10

Here we have part 10 of the story of Artillery men turned infantry.

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Episode 067, Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865, Part 9

Brave Survivors is the title of this section, and it tells how the survivors of the artillery company make their way home and the troubles they suffer.

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Episode 066, Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865, Part 8

The author today tells how his role win the American Civil War changed with the loss of their guns from Artillery to imporvised Infantry.

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