Books with author Francis. Yeats-Brown

1930. Francis Yeats-Brown was a journalist who wrote the best-selling book, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer and edited the journal, Everyman. He became involved in right-wing politics during the 1930s. This included membership in the January Club. He also published articles that praised General Franco in Spain and claimed Hitler had cured unemployment in Nazi Germany. Bengal Lancer describes the different stages that a British military man went through during his time stationed in India during the early 1900's. From the ever correct military society and it's eccentrics and eccentricities to the Yogis and the religious practices and beliefs of the Indian people.

Excerpt from The Unfortunate Young Man, or Life of J. Francis Brown, Written by Himself About this time my family moved to Fiskeville, R. I. W'hen little more than six years of age I was placed at school, but am sorry to say, that like some other boys, I thought more of play than ofmy book. I did not then feel the importance of obtaining an education I have since felt that the golden moments once passed might never return. After spending some time in this indifferent manner my parents, seeing me making but little if any progress in learning, removed me from the school and placed me in the factory. I was pleased with the change, and soon became as export as any of my age at the business. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.