num_pages: 328
description: In his mid-twenties at the outbreak of World War Two, Maurice Willoughby was among the last generation of Army officers to be born and brought up into colonial life in India and England. Blessed with a photographic memory, he brings the reality of life to every page of his memoirs, whether it be as a child speaking Urdu as well as English, an adolescent facing the rigours of public school life, a young man at Sandhurst, or a commissioned officer serving abroad in the Peacetime Army.Nothing is omitted, including the seamier side of school and barracks life, but the author pays tribute to the genuine high-mindedness that inspired generations of men to devote their lives to military service abroad for their Empire.
language: English
title: Echo of a Distant Drum: An Irreverent & Unique View of the British in India
titlecomplete: Echo of a Distant Drum: An Irreverent & Unique View of the British in India
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Book Guild Ltd