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John Masters was a highly successful novelist (BHOWANI JUNCTION) who wrote this autobiographical account at the height of his powers A compelling account of what it was like to be sent from India to school at 'home' in England - and on to the Military Academy at Sandhurst Vivid descriptions of fighting the ferocious tribes along the North-West Frontier

About the Author

John Masters was commissioned into the Gurkha Rifles on the eve of the Second World War and rose to command one of the Chindit columns fighting behind the lines against the Japanese in Burma. He left the Army after the war to pursue a very profitable career as a novelist.