Memoirs of an English officer (the military memoirs of Capt. George Carleton)
Subtitle: with, The history of the remarkable life of John Sheppard; and, The memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins, a Highland officer
By: introduction by James T. Boulton.
Contributors: Carleton, George, 1559-1628.; Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.; Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.
Series: Gollancz classics
Publisher: Gollancz; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 1970
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Soldiers -- Fiction; Great Britain -- History, Military -- Fiction
Other titles: History of the remarkable life of John Sheppard.; Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins, a Highland officer.
Notes: The authorship of Memoirs of and English officer, first published in 1728, has been erroneously attributed to Captain George Carleton; these memoirs are a fiction, written by Defoe and intended by him to be accepted as the genuine reminiscences of a soldier. Cf. Pref.