John Masters
John Masters was commissioned into the Gurkha Rifles on the eve of the Second World War and rose to command one of the Chindit columns fighting behind the lines against the Japanese in Burma. He left the Army after the war to pursue a very profitable career as a novelist.
John Masters was commissioned into the Gurkha Rifles on the eve of the Second World War and rose to command one of the Chindit columns fighting behind the lines against the Japanese in Burma. He left the Army after the war to pursue a very profitable career as a novelist. See less
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John Masters book reviews
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Pilgrim Son: A Personal Odyssey
OUCH
by michael, Jun 18, 2012
Having read John Masters autobiography through WWII(2 books) and enjoying them, sadly I expected the last part to be as entertaining. It was not.
This book should be condensed to no more than 250 ... Read More
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The road past Mandalay : a personal narrative.
The Personal Tale of the Burmese Campaign in WW 2
John Masters was an English officer in a Gurkha Rifle regiment of the Indian Army. After the war he settled in the US and became an author. He wrote a series of novels of an English family that lived ... Read More
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Bugles and a Tiger
Bugles and a Tiger Top Notch
by Sailor, Aug 9, 2007
A great book covering the period from the mid-1930s to the beginning of WWII. Masters served with the Indian Army, specifically in a Gurkha regiment. He writes of his training at Sandhurst, his ... Read More