{"product_id":"egypt-diary-1914-1915-alec-riley-9780645235937","title":"Egypt Diary 1914-1915","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"From a ground-floor room at the end of one block shone a light. It came from a canteen. I saw others were busy while I was lowering a pint of shandy. I was so dry that I could not taste it-I could only just feel it. We felt better. Where there was beer there was hope.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlec Riley was a signaller in the British Army's 42nd (East Lancashire) Division. \u003cem\u003eEgypt Diary 1914-1915\u003c\/em\u003e tells of the mobilisation of the division at the outbreak of war, and the territorials' eight-month-long period of training and garrison duty in Egypt prior to being deployed to Gallipoli. It brings to life the strange and exotic sights met by the Lancashire lads, most of whom had previously travelled no further than the annual camps held in North Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in Alec Riley's dry style, the diary relates with wit and humour the many fascinating experiences and events Riley and his comrades encountered. Interactions with Egyptian locals are interspersed with Riley's acute (and at times subversive) observations of his own officers. Desert marches, exercises and various mundane duties are recorded, as well as measures taken to guard canteens against Australian raiding parties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is lavishly illustrated with contemporary soldiers' photographs of Egypt and four specially-produced maps. The editors, Michael Crane and Bernard de Broglio, have added extensive footnotes and detailed biographies of almost 40 officers and men who come to life in Alec Riley's writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alec Riley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0645235938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645235937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Gully Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Alec Riley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44077891977471,"sku":"9780645235937","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db8ee3ed-5ce1-40e2-bf02-330dce0744e0.jpg?v=1685472347","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/egypt-diary-1914-1915-alec-riley-9780645235937","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}