An officer and a gentlewoman [text (large print)] / Héloïse Goodley.
Material type: TextPublisher: Anstey, Leicestershire : F.A. Thorpe (Publishing), 2015Copyright date: ©2012Edition: First Charnwood editionDescription: 345 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781444822359
- 1444822357
- Officer and a gentlewoman : the making of a female British army officer [Cover title]
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Large Print | Hakeke Street Library Large Print | Large Print | B GOOD | Available | T00576856 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When Heloise Goodley ditched her City job and decided to attend officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, she had no prior military experience. On her arrival she was a complete novice: she'd never fired a rifle; she couldn't march; she couldn't make her bed; she couldn't even shine her shoes. AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEWOMAN charts Goodley's absorbing journey through Sandhurst and on to Afghanistan, and gives an insight into the array of bizarre military behaviours and customs at this esoteric and hidden institution. With wit and sensitivity, Goodley details her experiences as a cadet and the painful transition from civilian to soldier. Moreover, she rejects lazy preconceptions and sheds new light on what has hitherto been a bastion of maleness - the British Army.
Originally published in UK: London : Constable & Robinson, 2013.
Complete and unabridged.
When Héloïse Goodley ditched her City job and decided to attend officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, she had no prior military experience. On her arrival she was a complete novice: she'd never fired a rifle; she couldn't march; she couldn't make her bed; she couldn't even shine her shoes. AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEWOMAN charts Goodley's absorbing journey through Sandhurst and on to Afghanistan, and gives an insight into the array of bizarre military behaviours and customs at this esoteric and hidden institution. With wit and sensitivity, Goodley details her experiences as a cadet and the painful transition from civilian to soldier. Moreover, she rejects lazy preconceptions and sheds new light on what has hitherto been a bastion of maleness - the British Army.