Agincourt, Waterloo. The Somme, D-Day- Basra. Over six centuries, one man has fought in all there battles and helped shape the course of history: the British soldier.
Winner of impossible victories, spearhead of imperialism thin khaki line against Hider. Wherever, whenever and against all odds, the British soldier has always done his duty. And more
Drawing on some 200 first-hand accounts-memoirs, letters, diaries, combat records and emails - from all the bloody battles of British history, The Autobiography of the British Soldier reveals the life and wars of this greatest of Britons in unique form: his own words.
This is the British soldier's first self-portrait.