The Adventures of Colonel Daffodil: Balkan Beginnings, Memorable Travels and Forgotten Conflicts

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Major General Sir Roy Redgrave has enjoyed an unusual, some might say eccentric, life. Born into the same family as the well known actors, he was brought up in Romania as part of a thriving international community before he joined the British Army and advanced to high rank. Following on from the success of his memoir Balkan Blue the author has pulled together a superb pot pourri of anecdotes covering his family, his military career and post-retirement travels and experiences. Readers will delight in the scope of this book which ranges widely from aristocratic life in feudal Romania to the dangers an intrigue of the Cold War; from the charm of French rural life to Franz Josef Land and encounters with polar bears, walruses and seals. We travel with this intrepid man from Kathmandu to Lhasa where he lived with impoverished Tibetans whose generosity and friendliness made the discomfort of primitive living at such altitudes disappear.These and other extraordinary experiences made this a fascinating read Content: Also by Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PREFACE PART I -- 1861-1919 Chapter 1 -- DANUBE DEBUT Chapter 2 -- DISASTROUS DIPLOMACY Chapter 3 -- BITTER BETRAYAL PART II -- 1920-1945 Chapter 4 -- SPRING WEDDINGS Chapter 5 -- EARLY TRAVELS IN ROMANIA Chapter 6 -- THE FLOTSAM OF WAR PART III -- 1946-1965 Chapter 7 -- THE WENDISCH WACHMEISTER Chapter 8 -- THE HONEY BAG FLING Chapter 9 -- THE GARDE CHAMPÊTRE Chapter 10 -- CORSICAN SHEPHERDS PART IV -- 1966-1980 Chapter 11 -- THE BERLIN WALL Chapter 12 -- THE VILLAGE FÊTE Chapter 13 -- BINDHI'S BLUFF. Chapter 14 -- THE AMERINDIANSChapter 15 -- THE DOWAGER DUCHESS Chapter 16 -- GUARDS OF HONOUR PART V -- 1981-1996 Chapter 17 -- GREENLAND INUIT Chapter 18 -- THE GENERAL Chapter 19 -- BEYOND BEAR ISLAND Chapter 20 -- SPITZBERGEN AT WAR Chapter 21 -- FRANZ JOSEF LAND AFTERTHOUGHTS INDEX.