Dorset , 1803.A shepherd’s son is enlisted as a soldier of the Army of Reserve.His name is Benjamin Randell Harris, private of the 95th Regiment of Foot.The Recollections of Benjamin Harris are the classic memoirs of a foot soldier during the Napoleonic Wars, originally published in 1848.With personal anecdotes, quick wit and vivid descriptions, The Recollections of Benjamin Harris is one of the few surviving accounts of military service from the Napoleonic ...

Step into the battlefield and the life of a dedicated soldier with Benjamin Harris in Recollections of Rifleman Harris, (Old 95th.), an audiobook that vividly recounts the experiences of a British rifleman during the Napoleonic Wars. Harris’ memoirs offer listeners firsthand insight into military life, the challenges of combat, and the daily realities of a soldier in one of history’s most storied regiments.The audiobook delves into themes of courag...

The book which inspired the Sharpe Novels!Just as in the Sharpe Novels by Bernard Cornwell, the Prince’s Own 95th Rifles was a real regiment, and there was a real Rifleman Harris for it is his recollections which are published in this volume.There was indeed a soldier who joined the rifles and was soon made a sergeant. By the end of the wars he had, unusually, risen to be a commissioned officer (see Ch. XV.). It is believed that it is this story which inspired the ...

Harris's narrative offers detailed descriptions of key battles, including the Peninsular War, and the unique challenges faced by light infantry soldiers, such as skirmishing and reconnaissance missions. Through his eyes, readers gain insight into the harsh realities of war, including the physical and psychological toll it takes on soldiers, as well as the strategies employed in various engagements. The book is rich with personal anecdotes and reflections, capturing the spirit and resilienc...

'Describing narrow squeaks and terrible deprivations, Harris's unflowery account of fortitude and resilience in Spain still bristles with a freshness and an invigorating spikiness' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY'A most vivid record of the war in Spain and Portugal against Napoleon' MAIL ON SUNDAYBenjamin Harris was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the dashing 95th Rifles. His battalion was ordered to Portugal, w...

Recollections of Rifleman Harris is the story of Benjamin Randell Harris, a British soldier who fought in the 95th Regiment of Foot during the Napoleonic Wars.

Introductionchapter I - Food—its digestion, absorption, and assimilationchapter II - How the body workschapter III - Our daily foodchapter IV - How the nation's food is debasedchapter V - The need for "pure food"chapter VI - Eating for health, not diseasechapter VII - The art of combining foodschapter VIII - Vegetarianism and meat-eatingchapter IX - The feeding of childrenchapter X - Conclusionappendix - A complet...

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“Careful what you say, Goddess,” he breathed, “I may not let you leave.”A wicked smile spread her lips once more, “Perhaps it is you who should be careful, my king.”Heavy is the head who wears the crown of the underworld. The gods of Olympus deride him even as they fear him, leaving him to rule the colorless dark in the lands of the dead. But when Thanatos disappears and Elysium begins to crumble, Hades is must leave his realm for the land of mortals to retrieve the soul of...

Crowning six decades of literary, rhetorical, and historical scholarship, Harry Berger, Jr., offers readers another trenchant reading. Berger subverts the usual interpretations of Plato's kalos kagathos, showing Socrates to be trapped in a double ventriloquism, tethered to his interlocutors' speech acts even as they are tethered to his.Plato's Republic and Protagoras both reserve a small but significant place for a poet who differs from Homer and Hesiod: t...