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Soldier, Poet, Rebel - The Extraordinary Life of Charles Hudson VC (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
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Soldier, Poet, Rebel - The Extraordinary Life of Charles Hudson VC (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
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Charles Hudson VC was one of the twentieth century's outstanding
fighting soldiers. His military career through two world wars and
in Russia in 1919 earned him a host of medals. He was also a man of
deep feeling, an accomplished poet and, in many ways, a rebel. In
this compelling biography, the author skilfully interweaves his own
narrative insight with his father's wartime journals and other
unpublished material. The narrative includes detailed personal
descriptions of the Battle of the Somme and other actions. It
recounts the authoress Vera Brittain's bitter reaction to the death
of her brother Edward when under Hudson's command in Italy in 1918
and tells how Hudson, out of compassion for her feelings, did not
reveal the truth until he met her in 1934. It tells of the
extraordinary affair in the summer of 1940, when the Secretary of
State for War, Anthony Eden, asked a meeting of senior army
commanders in the then beleaguered Britain whether, in the event of
a successful German invasion, their soldiers would agree to be
evacuated to Canada or whether they would insist on going home to
support their families. The author examines Hudson's motivation in
both wars and delves deeply into his complex, and highly
courageous, character.
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