Happy Odyssey The Memoirs of Lieutenant-Genera

This is one of the most remarkable of military memoirs. Adrian Carton de Wiart was wounded eight times (including the loss of an eye and a hand), won the VC during the Battle of the Somme, was mentioned in despatches six times, and was the model for Brigadier Ben Ritchie Hook in the Sword of Honour trilogy of Evelyn Waugh.