G. Ward Price (1886–1961)
Auteur de I Know These Dictators
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Œuvres de G. Ward Price
With the Prince to West Africa 2 exemplaires
Venue Rapp VII 1 exemplaire
Through South Africa with the Prince 1 exemplaire
On Tour with H.R.H. The Prince of Wales 1925 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Price, George Ward
- Date de naissance
- 1886
- Date de décès
- 1961
- Sexe
- male
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With the Prince to West Africa par G. Ward Price
The first chapter, entitled Portsmouth says goodbye, describes the starting point of the heir to the throne's journey. Apparently, 'Portsmouth itself is as good a last glimpse of England as any traveller could take with him on his wanderings'. page 8. The word 'Pompey' appears on page 9. There is some politically incorrect language, e.g. page 143.
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Whole book is on-line at http://www.gwpda.org/memoir/Salonica/salonTC.htm
The text as presented online seems to be a U.S. edition of a book originally published for a British audience, mainly altered by the addition of a foreword addressing American readers by Lord Northcliffe.
This is one of the forgotten corners of the First World War - the Western Front is of course well known, and for the British and Irish (and rest of the then Empire) the only eastern campaign that lives on in memory is Gallipoli. Many of the survivors of the Gallipoli debacle ended up in Thessalonica in late 1915, at first in a vain attempt to shore up the Serbian army from collapsing, and then just as a continuing irritant to the Axis powers.
It was observed that they were not, in fact, doing an awful lot of fighting. The first major engagements were all managed retreats down the Vardar valley, followed by another from the shores of Lake Doiran. The Allied soldiers in more combative zones, such as the Somme, dubbed the Macedonian contingent the "Gardeners of Salonika", because they actually had time to engage in a bit of gardening.
Anyway, this account is a pretty good first-hand telling of the story from a journalist who was actually there. You have to strongly filter for propaganda, but there are numerous really good and vivid descriptive scenes that would make me willing to buy the book if it were ever actually reprinted.
The best story in the book is from just after the recapture of Monastir (now Bitola) by the Allies and its consequent restoration to Serb rule in 1916. The (ethnic Greek) owner of one of the hotels is caught embarrassedly repainting the hotel's sign. It turns out that when the Serbs first captured it from the Turks in the 1912 Balkan war, he had renamed the establishment "l'Hotel de la Nouvelle Serbie". But then when the Bulgarians marched in three years later, he had renamed it "l'Hotel de la Nouvelle Bulgarie". Now the Serbs were back, he was covering his bets, and had renamed it (perhaps permanently) as "l'Hotel Euroopéen"… (plus d'informations)
Whole book is on-line at http://www.gwpda.org/memoir/Salonica/salonTC.htm
The text as presented online seems to be a U.S. edition of a book originally published for a British audience, mainly altered by the addition of a foreword addressing American readers by Lord Northcliffe.
This is one of the forgotten corners of the First World War - the Western Front is of course well known, and for the British and Irish (and rest of the then Empire) the only eastern campaign that lives on in memory is Gallipoli. Many of the survivors of the Gallipoli debacle ended up in Thessalonica in late 1915, at first in a vain attempt to shore up the Serbian army from collapsing, and then just as a continuing irritant to the Axis powers.
It was observed that they were not, in fact, doing an awful lot of fighting. The first major engagements were all managed retreats down the Vardar valley, followed by another from the shores of Lake Doiran. The Allied soldiers in more combative zones, such as the Somme, dubbed the Macedonian contingent the "Gardeners of Salonika", because they actually had time to engage in a bit of gardening.
Anyway, this account is a pretty good first-hand telling of the story from a journalist who was actually there. You have to strongly filter for propaganda, but there are numerous really good and vivid descriptive scenes that would make me willing to buy the book if it were ever actually reprinted.
The best story in the book is from just after the recapture of Monastir (now Bitola) by the Allies and its consequent restoration to Serb rule in 1916. The (ethnic Greek) owner of one of the hotels is caught embarrassedly repainting the hotel's sign. It turns out that when the Serbs first captured it from the Turks in the 1912 Balkan war, he had renamed the establishment "l'Hotel de la Nouvelle Serbie". But then when the Bulgarians marched in three years later, he had renamed it "l'Hotel de la Nouvelle Bulgarie". Now the Serbs were back, he was covering his bets, and had renamed it (perhaps permanently) as "l'Hotel Euroopéen"… (plus d'informations)
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- Œuvres
- 10
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- 1
- Membres
- 40
- Popularité
- #370,100
- Évaluation
- 3.3
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 7