tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post589602056470966698..comments2024-03-29T06:05:14.320+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: Heard in India (Part 1: A to M): The answersRobert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-84010547620109501862014-01-05T18:59:41.806+00:002014-01-05T18:59:41.806+00:00CoastConFan,
I did not realise that John Masters&...CoastConFan,<br /><br />I did not realise that John Masters's books were not readily available in the US.<br /><br />I like the Bernard Shaw quote ... and it certainly does apply to wargaming, although I suspect that as a confirmed pacifist GBS might not have seen wargaming as a suitable hobby!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-3978099559077391352014-01-05T18:41:19.255+00:002014-01-05T18:41:19.255+00:00Masters' works have never been commonly availa...Masters' works have never been commonly available here in the US outside of a few imports. It's one of those things: "England and America are two countries divided by a common language." George Bernard Shaw. He also touched on wargames (I suspect) when he said, "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." Keep on playing!CoastConFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250561260148656254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-19268778576244936042014-01-05T08:13:50.216+00:002014-01-05T08:13:50.216+00:00CoastConFan,
The is a lot of 'forgotten' ...CoastConFan,<br /><br />The is a lot of 'forgotten' literature about British India ... and I hope that I have done my 'bit' to try to revive interest in it.<br /><br />John Masters is one author whose books seem to be less read these days, and yet I think that they are excellent.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-22388855467569471492014-01-04T22:35:11.065+00:002014-01-04T22:35:11.065+00:00Many of these words remind me of the books I have ...Many of these words remind me of the books I have read about India over the years. Kipling comes to mind (of course) but also the excellent fiction works such as by Talbot Mundy,Francis Yeats-Brown (Lives of a Bengal Lancer) and other literature of and about the British Raj era. There are others that come to mind too: The Jewel in the Crown, George MacDonald Frasier’s Flashman Series, E. M. Forester’s A Passage to India, Kayne’s The Far Pavallions and Paul Scott’s Raj Quartet. <br /> <br />I recommend among the many military and historical non-fiction book James Morris’ Heaven’s Command which is both an overview and a social narrative about what it was to be a colonial Victorian and how it grew from its Georgian East India Company roots.<br /><br />CoastConFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250561260148656254noreply@blogger.com