John Kincaid (1787–1862)
Författare till Adventures in the Rifle Brigade in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815
Om författaren
Verk av John Kincaid
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Vedertaget namn
- Kincaid, John
- Födelsedag
- 1787-07-24
- Avled
- 1862-04-22
- Begravningsplats
- Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Scotland, UK
- Födelseort
- Dalbeath House, Bothkennar parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
- Dödsort
- Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
- Bostadsorter
- Spain
Falkirk, Scotland
London, England, UK
Hastings, Sussex, England, UK - Utbildning
- Polmont School, Scotland
- Yrken
- soldier
Yeoman of the Guard
Scotland inspector of prisons
Scotland inspector of factories - Organisationer
- British 95th
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Knighthood
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Random Shots from a Rifleman av Captain John Kincaid
Follow-up to Kincaid's "Adventures". Has the feel of sitting on a grandfather's knee listening to stories of his good-old days, loosely stitched onto a chronology of the Peninsular War. The stories are all over the board, and often not what Kincaid experienced but what he heard from fellow officers. Decent and amusing, but not as good as "Adventures".
Great memoir. Gives a really good sense of who Kincaid was, although sometimes it seemed like he was just as concerned with his puns and wordplay as with the drama of the action. It made for a fun read but sometimes that verbosity could have been applied to the events of the day.
Good read though, and easily one of the best descriptions of Waterloo that I've read so far. Interesting that Kincaid notes Wellington wouldn't have fought if not for Blucher's promise of 30k men, and when Kincaid steps from the smoke in the late afternoon the field to his left is swarming with Prussians, but Kincaid still feels like the battle was (or would have been) won without them.… (mer)
Good read though, and easily one of the best descriptions of Waterloo that I've read so far. Interesting that Kincaid notes Wellington wouldn't have fought if not for Blucher's promise of 30k men, and when Kincaid steps from the smoke in the late afternoon the field to his left is swarming with Prussians, but Kincaid still feels like the battle was (or would have been) won without them.… (mer)
Enjoyable book. Beautifully written in flowery 19th century English. Interesting but a little long.
Statistik
- Verk
- 4
- Medlemmar
- 68
- Popularitet
- #253,411
- Betyg
- 3.9
- Recensioner
- 3
- ISBN
- 17