Coward at the bridge: James Delingpole
Posted 17th November 2009 at 01:22 PM by Ezteq
This is the second installment of the Dick Coward war adventures and takes place amid operation Market Garden in Holland.
Coward and his grumpy sidekick Price are off on a mission to secure a VC in order to win the heart of the lady Gina and to get the inheritance rights to the family estate before Dick's evil twin brother nabs it.
As usual Coward's luck is on the bad side and the story begins with him being locked in a cupboard with a 17 year old blonde nymphomaniac...whats wrong with that?? you may ask but when she's getting randy (and noisy) and there are a troup of Germans in the room Dick finds himself in a very sticky (oh er!) situation. The story then flashes back and explains how he came to be in such a predicament, from the time before he was even in on the operation to his journey across the channel in a glider and the horrific events at Arnhem.
The books are both wonderfully descriptive, illustrating the horrors and humour of war, what the men went through and just how the hell they coped in such hellish circumstances. Coward is not the perfect hero, nor is he an anti-hero he is just a bloke who does what he does and hopes he will survive.
If you are a fan of adventure books then I thoroughly recommend both of these books, there is no real need to read them in sequence although it is nice to see the character development the fact that the books came about by Dick leaving his grandson a series of tapes documenting his adventures means that he obviously does not die until waaay into old age.
There is also a really useful glossary and historic detail section at the back explaining about the real life heroes, operations and equipment mentioned in the book.
If it's not your cuppa tea then it might make a very good xmas gift for someone who is interested in military history.
Coward and his grumpy sidekick Price are off on a mission to secure a VC in order to win the heart of the lady Gina and to get the inheritance rights to the family estate before Dick's evil twin brother nabs it.
As usual Coward's luck is on the bad side and the story begins with him being locked in a cupboard with a 17 year old blonde nymphomaniac...whats wrong with that?? you may ask but when she's getting randy (and noisy) and there are a troup of Germans in the room Dick finds himself in a very sticky (oh er!) situation. The story then flashes back and explains how he came to be in such a predicament, from the time before he was even in on the operation to his journey across the channel in a glider and the horrific events at Arnhem.
The books are both wonderfully descriptive, illustrating the horrors and humour of war, what the men went through and just how the hell they coped in such hellish circumstances. Coward is not the perfect hero, nor is he an anti-hero he is just a bloke who does what he does and hopes he will survive.
If you are a fan of adventure books then I thoroughly recommend both of these books, there is no real need to read them in sequence although it is nice to see the character development the fact that the books came about by Dick leaving his grandson a series of tapes documenting his adventures means that he obviously does not die until waaay into old age.
There is also a really useful glossary and historic detail section at the back explaining about the real life heroes, operations and equipment mentioned in the book.
If it's not your cuppa tea then it might make a very good xmas gift for someone who is interested in military history.
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