{"product_id":"2940013787896","title":"KINGS, QUEENS AND PAWNS","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         FOR KING AND COUNTRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I.  TAKING A CHANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    II.  \"SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   III.  LA PANNE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IV.  \"'TWAS A FAMOUS VICTORY\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     V.  A TALK WITH THE KING OF THE BELGIANS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VI.  THE CAUSE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VII.  THE STORY WITH AN END\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VIII.  THE NIGHT RAID ON DUNKIRK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IX.  NO MAN'S LAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     X.  THE IRON DIVISION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XI.  AT THE HOUSE OF THE BARRIER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XII.  NIGHT IN THE TRENCHES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIII.  \"WIPERS\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIV.  LADY DECIES' STORY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XV.  RUNNING THE BLOCKADE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XVI.  THE MAN OF YPRES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVII.  IN THE LINE OF THE \"MITRAILLEUSE\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVIII.  FRENCH GUNS IN ACTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIX.  \"I NIBBLE THEM\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XX.  DUNKIRK: FROM MY JOURNAL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXI.  TEA WITH THE AIR-FIGHTERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXII.  THE WOMEN AT THE FRONT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXIII.  THE LITTLE \"SICK AND SORRY\" HOUSE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV.  FLIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXV.  VOLUNTEERS AND PATRIOTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI.  A LUNCHEON AT BRITISH HEADQUARTERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXVII.  A STRANGE PARTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII.  SIR JOHN FRENCH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIX.  ALONG THE GREAT BETHUNE ROAD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXX.  THE MILITARY SECRET\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXI.  QUEEN MARY OF ENGLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXXII.  THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXIII.  THE RED BADGE OF MERCY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXXIV.  IN TERMS OF LIFE AND DEATH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXV.  THE LOSING GAME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXXVI.  HOW AMERICANS CAN HELP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXXVII.  AN ARMY OF CHILDREN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKINGS, QUEENS AND PAWNS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKINGS, QUEENS AND PAWNS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOR KING AND COUNTRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarch in England is spring. Early in the month masses of snowdrops\u003cbr\u003elined the paths in Hyde Park. The grass was green, the roads hard and\u003cbr\u003edry under the eager feet of Kitchener's great army. For months they\u003cbr\u003ehad been drilling, struggling with the intricacies of a new career,\u003cbr\u003eworking and waiting. And now it was spring, and soon they would be\u003cbr\u003eoff. Some had already gone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lucky beggars!\" said the ones who remained, and counted the days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd waiting, they drilled. Everywhere there were squads: Scots in\u003cbr\u003eplaid kilts with khaki tunics; less picturesque but equally imposing\u003cbr\u003eregiments in the field uniform, with officers hardly distinguishable\u003cbr\u003efrom their men. Everywhere the same grim but cheerful determination to\u003cbr\u003eget over and help the boys across the Channel to assist in holding\u003cbr\u003ethat more than four hundred miles of battle line against the invading\u003cbr\u003ehosts of Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere in Hyde Park that spring day was all the panoply of war: bands\u003cbr\u003eplaying, the steady tramp of numberless feet, the muffled clatter of\u003cbr\u003eaccoutrements, the homage of the waiting crowd. And they deserved\u003cbr\u003ehomage, those fine, upstanding men, many of them hardly more than\u003cbr\u003eboys, marching along with a fine, full swing. There is something\u003cbr\u003emagnificent, a contagion of enthusiasm, in the sight of a great\u003cbr\u003evolunteer army. The North and the South knew the thrill during our own\u003cbr\u003egreat war. Conscription may form a great and admirable machine, but it\u003cbr\u003ediffers from the trained army of volunteers as a body differs from a\u003cbr\u003esoul. But it costs a country heavy in griefs, does a volunteer army;\u003cbr\u003efor the flower of the country goes. That, too, America knows, and\u003cbr\u003eEngland is learning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey marched by gaily. The drums beat. The passers-by stopped. Here\u003cbr\u003eand there an open carriage or an automobile drew up, and pale men,\u003cbr\u003esome of them still in bandages, sat and watched. In their eyes was the\u003cbr\u003esame flaming eagerness, the same impatience to get back, to be loosed\u003cbr\u003eagainst the old lion's foes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor King and Country!","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152786833648,"sku":"2940013787896","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013787896_p0.jpg?v=1763590243","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013787896","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}