1%
Battle Dress

Battle Dress

          
5
4
3
2
1

Out of Stock


Premium quality
Premium quality
Bookswagon upholds the quality by delivering untarnished books. Quality, services and satisfaction are everything for us!
Easy Return
Easy return
Not satisfied with this product! Keep it in original condition and packaging to avail easy return policy.
Certified product
Certified product
First impression is the last impression! Address the book’s certification page, ISBN, publisher’s name, copyright page and print quality.
Secure Checkout
Secure checkout
Security at its finest! Login, browse, purchase and pay, every step is safe and secured.
Money back guarantee
Money-back guarantee:
It’s all about customers! For any kind of bad experience with the product, get your actual amount back after returning the product.
On time delivery
On-time delivery
At your doorstep on time! Get this book delivered without any delay.
Notify me when this book is in stock
Add to Wishlist

About the Book

BATTLE DRESS CHECKED RETURN VIA DUNKIRK BY GUN BUSTER "Gun Busters story is deeply moving in its stark realism. The spirit is there the book is full of spirit the spirit of the B.E.F.with its good humour, its bravery, its amazing power of endurance and recovery." -The Sunday Times. "The most vivid, moving, horrible, yet glorious book I have so far read of the fighting in France which led eventually to the epic of Dunkirk." -The Toiler. "Gun Buster gives us drama, but never melodrama. There is no need to varnish his story. Its stark realism and simple truth leave an undying impression. -The Aberdeen Press. First printed . . . July 1941 CONTENTS: I. FRONT LINE II. A MEETING WITH DESTINY III. NOT ACCORDING TO RULES IV. SIX IN A TRENCH V. A JOB OF WORK VL ONE OF THOSE MYSTERIES VII. A BRUSH WITH REFUGEES VIIL THE DUMP AT BETHUNE IX. AT THE MENIN GATE X. RACE WON BY DEFAULT XL A DUNKIRK DIARY XIL BATTLES LONG AGO XIII. ACTIVE SERVICE FRONT LINE "FOUR officers sat chatting on the patch of lawn outside the Officers Mess at a military dept in the North of England. Dinner was over and the long June evening would soon fade into night. But low on the horizon a crimson, flaming sunset still lit up the silhouette of the distant manufacturing town with its fiery red glory. The senior officer present, an Infantry Major, seemed fascinated by the spectacle. He could not take his eyes off it. Theres something terribly familiar to me about that, he observed, nodding his head in the direction of the glowing rooftops. What does it remind you of ? Something Ive been trying to forget ever since we came out here, said the Infantry subaltern sitting next to him. Dunkirk has killed my pleasure in shepherds delightJ sunsets for good. Ill never see one again without thinking of Dunkirk promenade ablaze, and myself marching into the furnace. He gave a slight shudder, and readjusted his chair so that he sat with his back to the flaming horizon. The four men had only arrived at the dept thirty six hours before. They had been among the last few thousands to be evacuated from Dunkirk, ......"


Best Sellers



Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781406736489
  • Publisher: Hesperides Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Hesperides Press
  • Depth: 19
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Width: 140 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1406736481
  • Publisher Date: 12 Nov 2006
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 313 gr


Similar Products

How would you rate your experience shopping for books on Bookswagon?

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS           
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
Battle Dress
Hesperides Press -
Battle Dress
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

Battle Dress

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book
    Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    New Arrivals



    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!