Rupert of the Rhine; No. 5, Brief Lives

St. James's Place: Collins, 1952. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 143, [1] pages. Frontis illustration. Includes Foreword, Genealogical Table, Chronological Table, and A Note on Sources, as well as three black and white maps. Some endpaper and page discoloration. DJ has some discoloration and small tears/chips. This is one of the Brief Lives series. Bookseller's stamp inside front cover. Name and address of previous owner of the book, Sol Schindler, written inside the front free endpaper. This is believed to be the Sol Schindler who was an American foreign affairs analyst and writer. He was awarded the Bronze Star while with United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. He was an. Information specialist United States Information Agency, Washington, 1952-1962. Deputy cultural attache American Embassy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1963-1966. Director Vietnamese American Association, Saigon, 1966-1967. He was the Cultural attache American Embassy Office, Karachi, Pakistan, 1968-1970, American Embassy, Seoul, Korea, 1971-1974. Deputy director Office of Program Development, United States Information Agency, Washington, 1975-1980. Foreign affairs analyst Department of State from 1980 until his retirement. He apparently purchased this book while in Rangoon, Burma in 1955 from Smart & Mookerdum, The Burma Bookshop. Prince Rupert of the Rhine was a favorite of his uncle, King Charles I, and one of the most prominent Royalist military commanders in the English Civil War. Rupert was an iconic Royalist cavalier whose fearlessness in battle and military knowledge made his enemies believe he had supernatural powers. Brigadier Bernard Edward Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae, KT, GCMG, GCVO, DSO, OBE (6 May 1911 - 28 November 1980)[1] was a British Army officer, a military historian and the last British-born Governor-General of New Zealand. Fergusson was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. From the latter, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Black Watch on 27 August 1931. He was promoted to lieutenant on 27 August 1934. He served with the 2nd Battalion of his regiment in the British Mandate of Palestine during the Arab revolt and later became aide-de-camp (ADC) to Major General Archibald Wavell, then General Officer Commanding of the 2nd Infantry Division in England, on 11 March 1937. In October 1937, he was on secondment to the Green Howards. Fergusson was promoted to captain on 27 August 1939, only a few days before the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1940, Fergusson was serving as a brigade major for the 46th Infantry Brigade before becoming a general staff officer in the Middle East. In October 1943 he was promoted to acting brigadier and given command of the 16th Infantry Brigade, which was converted into a Chindit formation for operations in the deep jungles of Burma miles behind Japanese lines. He commanded this brigade throughout the Chindit operations of 1944 before becoming Director of Combined Operations from 1945 to 1946. He ended the war as a major (war-substantive lieutenant-colonel). After the war, Fergusson held various positions, including command of the 1st Battalion, Black Watch. Fergusson was created a life peer on 10 July 1972 as Baron Ballantrae. Derived from a Kirkus review: Again in this series, this chronicle of Prince Rupert (nephew of Charles I) is chiefly historical in its emphasis but highspirited in its portrayal of an adventurous character and a career of action. Reared on the continent, Rupert went to England to participate in the Civil War and champion the Royalist cause until his defeat at Marston Moor, where he lost his army and his reputation unjustly; and again at Naseby, prefaced the fall of the House of Stuart. Exiled abroad for fifteen years, Rupert returned to England with the restoration of the Monarchy, and spent his later life in scientific experimentation, in colonial and commercial schemes (the Hudson's Bay Co.), and as Governor of Windsor Castle.... A life of exuberant enterprise and decisive if impulsive activity.