By Victoria Schofield,HRH The Prince of Wales
ISBN-10: 178497997X
ISBN-13: 9781784979973
ISBN-10: 1784979988
ISBN-13: 9781784979980
Formed right into a regiment in 1739 and named for the darkish tartan of its squaddies' kilts, The Black Watch has fought in virtually each significant clash of kingdom and empire among 1745 and the current, and has a name moment to none. Following on from The Highland Furies, during which she traced the regiment's background to 1899, Victoria Schofield tells the tale of The Black Watch within the twentieth and twenty first centuries. She tracks its fortunes throughout the 2d South African battle, global Wars, the 'troubles' in Northern eire and the battle in Iraq – as much as The Black Watch's merger with 5 different regiments to shape the Royal Regiment of Scotland in 2006.
Drawing on diaries, letters and interviews, Victoria Schofield weaves the various strands of the tale into an epic narrative of a heroic physique of officials and males. In her yes arms, the tale of The Black Watch is not any arid recitation of campaigns and conflict honours, yet a worthwhile account of the fortunes of conflict of a regiment that has performed a exotic position in British, and international, heritage.
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The Black Watch: Fighting in the Frontline 1899-2006 by Victoria Schofield,HRH The Prince of Wales
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