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The Recollections of Rifleman Bowlby

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The Recollections of Rifleman Bowlby

By: Alex Bowlby
Narrated by: Roger Davis
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A classic of WWII, this is the vivid memoir of Private Bowlby, who came through the North Africa campaign only to have to battle in bitter fighting against a stubborn and skilled German defence in Italy. It is a truly authentic account of what it was like to fight your way through one of the most gruelling and dangerous campaigns of the Second World War, where so often the hunters became the hunted.

©2021 Alex Bowlby (P)2021 Orion Publishing Group World War II Biographies & Memoirs Wars & Conflicts Military & War Memoir War Military Veteran

Critic reviews

"One of the great Second World War memoirs...will be read as long as that war is remembered." (John Keegan)

"Extraordinary realism." (Sunday Times)

"A touch of the Somme and more than a hint of Wilfred Owen." (TLS)
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The story of an ordinary soldier in the Italian campaign in WW2. He describes unabashedly his feelings about his experiences and his comrades. He shows how ordinary men, most with fewer advantages of class and education, kept their spirits up, supported one another at need, and demonstrated true compassion.
The narrator does very well with accents and dramatization.

Heartfelt, crushing

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