Warrior
The Legend Of Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Peter Hathaway Capstick died in 1996. At the time of his death, the world-renowned adventure writer was putting the finishing touches on this, a stirring and vivid biography of Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, a man with whom he felt he had much in common. Edited and prepared for publication by his widow, Fiona Capstick, Warrior is Capstick’s riveting farewell to his fans and the final addition to the bestselling Peter Capstick Library.
Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen was one of those rare men whom fate always seems to cast in the dramas that shape history. As a young officer, he served in India and Africa during the glory days of the British Empire, defending the crown’s dominions and exploring its darkest reaches. His exploits in the bloody colonial wars of turn-of-the-century East Africa earned him a reputation as one of the most fierce and ruthless soldiers in the Empire, yet it was during those years spent roaming the silent places of the Serengeti, hunting its game and learning its secrets, that Meinertzhagen developed a fascination with Africa that would last a lifetime.
But there were other adventures to come, and Capstick narrates them all with his trademark skill and wit: daring commando raids against German forces in Africa and the Mideast during World War I, covert missions to the USSR and Nazi Germany between the wars, work as an OSS agent during World War II, and Meinertzhagen’s ceaseless support of Israeli nationhood are all woven together into an epic adventure. Warrior: The Legend of Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen is a powerful chronicle that follows the tracks of a twentieth-century icon.
Customer Reviews
Warrior
A friend recommended this book to me as he too is a 'hunter', his recommendation and the elements of British history are what drew me to the first words... . It is a historical document as well as a fine work of introduction to many of the profound characters that made the 19th and 20th centuries what they were... for better or for worse. My gratitude to Peter Capstick for beginning and especially to Fiona Capstick for not letting the dust eat the manuscript away. An exciting time for our World stated very eloquently, showing the effort of one hunter-warrior to leave his mark. Which he did... Thank you for the reminder of how all the pieces, places and people fit together and changed the world we live in.