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Opere di Alexander Scrimgeour

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Cropped dust jacket, as issued; cropped life, cut short when the Invincible blew up on May 31st 1916. There were 1,031 men on board and only 6 survived. The author of this entertaining diary was not one of them. Scrimgeour used three styles in his diary: one for the family, especially in the letters to his mother; one to describe the naval activities he undertook so professionally and which in many respects are the least interesting; and a third to describe his social life when on leave or in port. Sadness shrouds everything as the reader knows that he is to die so yoiung. For me, the saddest strand was his love affair with Joko, the flirtatious young female who causes him so much angst. What happened to Joko? What did she say in her letters? He knew the relationship was doomed from the start. Scrimgeour's work hard, play hard mentality raises many a smile, for instance through references such as Betty with her 'come-into-the office-and-shut-the door-lips'.… (altro)
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jon1lambert | 1 altra recensione | May 12, 2012 |
Interesting set of diaries and letters from a midshipman who served in the navy before and during the Great War, and died at the Battle of Jutland. Gives a useful perspective from the middle ranks of what the war was really like, and the attitudes of those in the navy. Especially interesting in relation to the struggle to control commerce and merchant shipping.
 
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ponsonby | 1 altra recensione | Aug 14, 2009 |

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Opere
3
Utenti
37
Popolarità
#390,572
Voto
½ 3.7
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2
ISBN
5